HARDLY

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hardly adverb

1. cu greutate, din greu;

he recovered hardly what he lost before a recâştigat cu greu ceea ce a pierdut înainte.

2. cu greu, abia, anevoie;

he hardly speaks vorbeşte cu greu, abia vorbeşte.

3. aproape de loc, abia dacă;

hardly any de abia;

hardly ever aproape niciodată.

4. puţin probabil, nu tocmai, greu de crezut;

it is hardly right e puţin probabil (să fie aşa), nu tocmai (astfel).

5. fără cruţare, fără menajamente, fără milă.

6. defavorabil, contrar, rău venit, neplăcut.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I could hardly speak; my heart was so full that even those words seemed to choke me.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Janet had gone away to get the bath ready, when my aunt, to my great alarm, became in one moment rigid with indignation, and had hardly voice to cry out, “Janet! Donkeys!”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I hardly looked at his face.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could hardly believe my ears. What was coming over the man?

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Well, we were hardly settled here, when he turned up again, saying he had come for a holiday, and was going to Switzerland.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

The doctor says she may linger a week or two yet; but he hardly thinks she will finally recover.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

She had hardly spoken the words when Mr Elliot walked in.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Summerlee and I laughed so that we could hardly help him.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was hardly articulate as he spoke of it.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Why I should have done so I can hardly say.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

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