hardly
adverb · interjectionA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(degree) Barely, only just, almost not.
They hardly ever watch television.
It's hardly possible he could lose the election.
Hardly did I arrive when he left.
I could hardly have managed it in less time.
- 2.
Certainly not; not at all.
I hardly think they'll come in this bad weather!
- 3.
(archaic)(now rare) With difficulty.
And what gentle flame soever doth warme the heart of young virgins, yet are they hardly drawne to leave and forgoe their mothers, to betake them to their husbands […].
- 4.
(dated)(manner, dated) Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.
- 5.
(obsolete)(manner, obsolete) Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.
Let him hardly be possest with an honest curiositie to search out the nature and causes of all things […].
interjection
interjection- 1.
Not really.
I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. ― Hardly!
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English hardely, hardliche, from Old English heardlīċe, equivalent to hard + --ly. Compare hardelijk, härtlich.