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seriously
English
Etymology
serious +? -ly
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s???i.?sli/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s??i.?sli/, /?si?i.?sli/
Adverb
seriously (comparative more seriously, superlative most seriously)
- (manner) In a serious or literal manner.
- Gravely; deeply; very much.
- Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation.
- Synonyms: no really, no kidding
- Used to call back to a previous point, in disbelief or for emphasis.
- Synonyms: no really, no kidding
Derived terms
- srsly (abbreviation)
Translations
Anagrams
- ureolysis
seriously From the web:
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- mean of seriously ill
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hardly
English
Etymology
From Middle English hardely, hardliche, from Old English heardl??e (“boldly; hardily; without ease; in a way that causes pain; not easily; only by degrees”), equivalent to hard +? -ly. Compare Dutch hardelijk, German härtlich.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?h??dli/
- (US) IPA(key): /?h??dli/,
Adverb
hardly (comparative hardlier or more hardly, superlative hardliest or most hardly)
- (manner, obsolete) Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.148:
- Let him hardly be possest with an honest curiositie to search out the nature and causes of all things […].
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.148:
- (manner, archaic) Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.
- (now rare) With difficulty.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.234:
- 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 […].
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, page 40:
- While in Chelsea, Anne Smiley pined, taking very hardly to her unaccustomed role of wife abandoned.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.234:
- (degree) Barely, only just, almost not.
Usage notes
- In the modern sense "barely", it is grammatically a negative word. It therefore collocates with ever rather than never.
- Compare example sentence with I almost never watch television
- Because of the anomalous sense of this word, expressions such as "hardly working" have an opposite meaning to what the etymology ("hard" + "-ly") would suggest. "Working hard" suggests that considerable work is being done, whereas "hardly working" suggests that very little work is being done.
Synonyms
- (barely, almost not or not quite): barely, just, only just, scarcely
Translations
Interjection
hardly
- Not really.
- I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. ? Hardly!
hardly From the web:
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- what's hardly in german
- what hardly used
- what hardly any
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