hardly

«hardly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: almost not, or only just — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (hardly)

meaning for a pupil

1) Hardly means almost not, or only just. tree →

2) Hardly ever means almost never. tree →

3) Hardly can mean it is not reasonable: «You can hardly blame him.» tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday talk «I could hardly see» means I almost could not see. In reading lessons pupils notice that «hardly» makes a sentence nearly negative. In maths «hardly any left» means very few left. Phrases: hardly any, hardly ever, hardly at all, could hardly, hardly anyone.

examples

• These numbers have been a source of difference between the editors and copyists, hardly any two editors concurring. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• must not be confused with Zain, Z ; and lastly Qoph, Q is very often replaced by K, which is hardly defensible as there is a true K in addition. ' 44. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• THERE is hardly another book in Jewish literature, the Bible and the Talmud excepted, that has been so much commented upon as the Sefer Yetzirah. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• I could hardly see in the fog. tree →
• We hardly ever go to the cinema. tree →
• There is hardly any milk left. tree →
• She had hardly started when the bell rang. tree →
• He hardly ate anything. tree →
• Hardly anyone came to the match. tree →
• I can hardly believe it! tree →
• He hardly knew himself, so changed was he. tree →

note

Trap: «hardly» does NOT mean «in a hard way». «He works hard» (a lot); «he hardly works» (almost not at all). «Hardly» is already almost negative, so don't add «not»: say «I can hardly see», not «I can't hardly see». In a problem, «hardly any» means a very small number, close to zero.

In the corpora

• Kangaroos hop with springy tendons that store energy like a pogo stick, so hopping fast costs them hardly more energy than hopping slowly.
• Honey hardly ever goes off, because it is so sugary and dry that germs cannot grow in it.
• Some bees in warm countries can hardly sting at all and bite instead.
• Fresh sweat hardly smells; it is the tiny bacteria that eat it that make the pong.
• Storks hardly have a voice; they greet each other by throwing their heads back and clattering their bills like a wooden toy.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hardly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.