Толковый словарь английского языка - hardly
Hardly
hardly
adverb Date: before 12th century with force ; vigorously, in a severe manner ; harshly, with difficulty ; painfully, 4. a. — used to emphasize a minimal amount knew her> new — ~ a scratch on it> b. — used to soften a negative tell who anyone is — G. B. Shaw> certainly not , Usage: Hardly in sense 5 is used sometimes with not for emphasis another day at the office? Not ~>. In sense 4b with a negative verb (as can't, wouldn't, didn't) it does not make a double negative but softens the negative. In “you can't ~ find a red one,” the sense is that you can find a red one, but only with difficulty; in “you can't find a red one,” the sense is that red ones are simply not available. Use of ~ with a negative verb is a speech form; it is most commonly heard in Southern and Midland speech areas. In other speech areas and in all discursive prose, ~ is normally used with a positive .
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adv. 1 scarcely; only just (we hardly knew them). 2 only with difficulty (could hardly speak). 3 harshly. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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