"hardly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Englisch]

IPA: hɑːdli Audio: en-us-hardly.ogg
  1. kaum; schwerlich; fast nicht
    Sense id: de-hardly-en-adv-j1iEKUgc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: barely, scarcely Translations (kaum; schwerlich; fast nicht): kaum (Deutsch)
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