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(hrd"l), adv.[AS. heardlice. See Hard.] 1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty. Recovering hardly what he lost before. Dryden. 2. Unwillingly; grudgingly. The House of Peers gave so hardly their consent. Milton. 3. Scarcely; barely; not quite; not wholly. Hardly shall you find any one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good. South. 4. Severely; harshly; roughly. He has in many things been hardly used. Swift. 5. Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] Holland. 6. Certainly; surely; indeed. [Obs.] Chaucer. スポンサード リンク
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