different between strongly vs hardly
strongly
English
Etymology
From Middle English strongliche, strangliche, from Old English strangl??e (“strongly”), equivalent to strong +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /st???li/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /st???li/
- (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /st???li/
- Hyphenation: strong?ly
Adverb
strongly (comparative stronglier or more strongly, superlative strongliest or most strongly)
- In a strong or powerful manner.
- Very much.
Translations
Anagrams
- strongyl
strongly From the web:
- what strongly influenced the assyrians
- what strongly reflects the idea to be communicated
- which culture strongly influenced the assyrians
- who influenced the assyrians
- what were the assyrians most known for
- how did the assyrians rise to power
- what were assyrians known for
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:
- what hardly means
- what hardly ever hms pinafore
- what hardly used means
- what hardly conduct heat at all
- what hardly ever means
- what's hardly in german
- what hardly used
- what hardly any
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