Usually means: Barely, scarcely, almost not at all.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word hardly:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. hardly: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. hardly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hardly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hardly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hardly: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hardly, hardly: Wordnik
  7. hardly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hardly: Wiktionary
  9. hardly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hardly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hardly: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Hardly, hardly: Dictionary.com
  13. hardly: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. hardly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Hardly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. hardly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. hardly: Rhymezone
  18. hardly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. hardly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. hardly: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. hardly: Free Dictionary
  22. hardly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. hardly: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. hardly: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hardly: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hardly: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hardly: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adverb:  (degree) Barely, only just, almost not.
▸ adverb:  Certainly not; not at all.
▸ adverb:  (now rare) With difficulty.
▸ adverb:  (manner, archaic) Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.
▸ adverb:  (manner, obsolete) Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.

Similar:
barely, scarcely, just, scarce, rarely, seldom, never, really, actually, only, more...

Opposite:
often, frequently, regularly, commonly, usually

Types:
scarcely, barely, hardly at all, hardly any, hardly ever, more...

Phrases:
hardly a, hardly any, hardly ever, Can't Hardly Wait, Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye, more...

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Similar:
barely, scarcely, just, scarce, rarely, seldom, never, really, actually, only, more...

Opposite:
often, frequently, regularly, commonly, usually

Types:
scarcely, barely, hardly at all, hardly any, hardly ever, more...

Phrases:
hardly a, hardly any, hardly ever, Can't Hardly Wait, Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, hardly haute cuisine, hardly suitable, hardly blessed events, hardly genteel, hardly upbeat, more...

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     taupe,     mauve,     olive, more...



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