Synonyms for hardly
Definitions
- adv. 1
Barely, only just, almost not.
Hardly did I arrive when he left.
Example sentences
- barely Tom could barely hear what Mary was trying to say.
- rarely I'm such a coward that I rarely visit the dentist.
- seldom She is very careful, so she seldom makes mistakes.
- scarcely She had scarcely finished speaking when he cut in.
- severely Damiano’s solar panels have been severely damaged.
By length
- 4 letters
- just1, hard1
- 6 letters
- barely2, rarely2, seldom2, scarce1
- 7 letters
- roughly2
- 8 letters
- slightly2, severely3, narrowly3, scarcely2
- 10 letters
- rigorously4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (barely2 = 2 syllables).