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What (who) is HARDLY - definition
SINGLE BY MARIA ARREDONDO
Hardly Hurts At All
Hardly
·adv Confidently; hardily.
II. Hardly ·adv Unwillingly; grudgingly.
III. Hardly ·adv Certainly; surely; indeed.
IV. Hardly ·adv Severely; harshly; roughly.
V. Hardly ·adv Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly.
VI. Hardly ·adv In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
hardly
¦ adverb
1. scarcely; barely.
only with great difficulty.
no or not (suggesting surprise at or disagreement with a statement).
2. archaic harshly.
Usage
Words like hardly, scarcely, and rarely should not be used with negative constructions. Thus, it is correct to say I can hardly wait but wrong to say I can't hardly wait. This is because adverbs like hardly are treated as if they were negatives, and it is a grammatical rule of standard English that double negatives are not acceptable. See also usage at double negative.
hardly
ad.
1.
Scarcely, barely, but just.
2.
Severely, rigorously, unkindly, cruelly, roughly.
Wikipedia
Hardly Hurts at All
"Hardly Hurts at All" is a 2003 single by Maria Arredondo from Maria Arredondo. This single is part from the second CD's version. Hardly Hurts at All peaked at number 5 in Norway.
Examples of use of HARDLY
1. As we hardly knew each other, it hardly seemed appropriate to be getting intimate so fast.
2. That‘s hardly a sin, and given that politics is the family business, hardly a surprise.
3. Iraqi‘s security situation hardly needs elucidation.
4. The Rabbit Hole‘s ambitions are hardly ambitious.
5. "In Cameron, there‘s really hardly anything left.