Hardly

German Meaning

kaum

schwerlich

hart

streng

English Meaning

  1. Barely; just.
  2. To almost no degree; almost not: I could hardly hear the speaker.
  3. Probably or almost surely not: "Easily was a man made an infidel, but hardly might he be converted to another faith” ( T.E. Lawrence).
  4. With severity; harshly.
  5. With great difficulty; painfully.