Härd'ly, adv.

adverb

adv. [See HARD.] 1. In a hard or difficult manner. “Recovering hardly what he lost before.” Dryden. The House of Peers gave so hardly their consent. Milton. 2. Scarcely; barely; not quite or wholly. Hardly shall you find any one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good. South. 3. Severely; harshly; roughly. He has in many things been hardly used. Swift. 4. Confidently; hardly. [Obs.] Holland.