hardly
UKhɑːdliː
US'hɑ:dlı
معنی فارسی
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معنی کامل و مثالها
/härd´lē/adv.
● (مودبانه یا طعنهآمیز) به سختی، به ندرت، کم، نه چندان
I hardly know him
او را درست نمیشناسم.
he is hardly the person to ask for help
او اصلا کسی نیست که بشود از او کمک خواست.
he can hardly speak English
او به سختی انگلیسی حرف میزند.
● (نادر) با دشواری، با شدت تمام، با سفتی
● شاید نه، غیرمحتمل
تعریف انگلیسی
adverb
- only a very short time before “they could barely hear the speaker” “we hardly knew them” “just missed being hit” “had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open” “would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats”
- almost not “he hardly ever goes fishing” “he was hardly more than sixteen years old” “they scarcely ever used the emergency generator” “Derived from adjective: scarce (for: scarcely)”
مترادفها
adverb
1. Scarcely, barely, but just.
2. Severely, rigorously, unkindly, cruelly, roughly.