hardly

• abjectly
• abusively
• actively
• acutely
• aggressively
• agonizingly
• almost
• almost inconceivably
• almost not
• amain
• animatedly
• approximately
• ardently
• arduously
• assertively
• assiduously
• attentively
• barely
• bitterly
• blackly
• briskly
• brutally
• brutishly
• busily
• by a hair
• by no means
• callously
• cheerlessly
• closely
• cold-bloodedly
• comparatively
• conscientiously
• continuously
• crestfallenly
• cruelly
• darkly
• decidedly
• dejectedly
• despairingly
• despondently
• detectably
• determinedly
• diligently
• disconsolately
• dismally
• dispiritedly
• distressfully
• distressingly
• doggedly
• dolefully
• dolorously
• dourly
• downheartedly
• drearily
• dynamically
• earnestly
• energetically
• exhaustively
• faintly
• feverishly
• firmly
• forlornly
• gloomily
• glumly
• gradually
• grievously
• grimly
• gruffly
• hard
• hard-heartedly
• harshly
• heartlessly
• hurtfully
• ill
• imperceptibly
• inconsolably
• indefatigably
• industriously
• infrequently
• inhumanely
• inhumanly
• insensately
• insensitively
• intensely
• intensively
• intently
• joylessly
• just
• keenly
• laboriously
• little
• low-spiritedly
• lugubriously
• marginally
• mercilessly
• meticulously
• mightily
• minimally
• minutely
• mirthlessly
• miserably
• more or less
• morosely
• mournfully
• narrowly
• near
• nearly
• never
• no
• no more than
• no way
• none
• not a bit
• not at all
• not by much
• not likely
• not markedly
• not measurably
• not much
• not notably
• not noticeably
• not often
• not quite
• nothing
• nothing doing
• noway
• nowhere
• nowise
• obdurately
• obstinately
• on no account
• once in a blue moon
• only
• only just
• oppressively
• painfully
• painstakingly
• partly
• perceptibly
• pessimistically
• piercingly
• pitilessly
• plaintively
• ploddingly
• plus or minus
• poignantly
• practically
• pretty near
• purposefully
• rancorously
• rarely
• regretfully
• resentfully
• resolutely
• roughly
• ruefully
• ruthlessly
• sadly
• savagely
• scantly
• scarcely
• sedulously
• seldom
• seriously
• severely
• sharply
• simply
• slavishly
• slightly
• somberly
• somewhat
• sorely
• sorrowfully
• sparsely
• spiritedly
• sporadically
• steadfastly
• steadily
• sternly
• stiffly
• strenuously
• strongly
• stubbornly
• sullenly
• thoroughly
• tirelessly
• toughly
• tyrannically
• unabatedly
• uncharitably
• unfeelingly
• unflaggingly
• unhappily
• unmercifully
• unrelentingly
• unremittingly
• unsparingly
• untiringly
• vehemently
• viciously
• vigorously
• wailfully
• wearilessly
• willfully
• with trouble
• woefully
• wretchedly
• zealously

• absolutely
• abundantly
• assuredly
• awful
• awfully
• benevolently
• benignantly
• blissfully
• blithely
• blithesomely
• calmly
• casually
• certainly
• charitably
• cheerfully
• cheerily
• clearly
• clemently
• compassionately
• completely
• considerably
• considerately
• copiously
• cordially
• definitely
• delightedly
• desultorily
• dispassionately
• doubtless
• easily
• enormously
• exceeding
• exceedingly
• extremely
• favorably
• frequently
• fully
• gaily
• gayly
• generously
• gently
• gladly
• gleefully
• good-naturedly
• graciously
• greatly
• halfheartedly
• hands down
• happily
• highly
• hugely
• humanely
• immensely
• impassively
• indifferently
• indolently
• joyfully
• joyously
• kindly
• lackadaisically
• languidly
• lazily
• leniently
• lightheartedly
• lightly
• listlessly
• lovingly
• mercifully
• merrily
• mightily
• mighty
• mildly
• mirthfully
• more or less
• most
• mostly
• nonchalantly
• perfectly
• plainly
• positively
• quite
• rather
• really
• rejoicingly
• shiftlessly
• significantly
• slightly
• sluggishly
• softheartedly
• softly
• somewhat
• spiritlessly
• stoically
• substantially
• sunnily
• surely
• sympathetically
• tenderly
• terribly
• tiredly
• tolerantly
• truly
• unconcernedly
• understandingly
• unequivocally
• unquestionably
• utterly
• vastly
• very
• wearily
• well

• adverb
  1. (manner) Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.
  2. (manner) Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.
  3. With difficulty.
  4. (degree) Barely, only just, almost not.
• interjection
  1. Not really.

• I could hardly hear what she was saying over the noise.
• He hardly ever shows up on time.
• They had hardly finished dinner when the phone rang.
• She hardly recognized him after all these years.
• The movie was hardly worth the price of admission.

earnestly

keenly

laboriously

obdurately

sadly

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