1. hardly

adverb. ['ˈhɑːrdli'] only a very short time before.

Rhymes with Hardly

• yardley
• ardley

How do you pronounce hardly?

Pronounce hardly as ˈhɑrdli.

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Sentences with hardly

1. Adverb
Peonies hardly ever flower the first year after planting and may not start until year three.

Quotes about hardly

1. Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
- Lloyd Alexander

2. One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
- Brooks Adams

3. When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
- Mark Twain

2. hardly

adverb. ['ˈhɑːrdli'] almost not.