Hardly \Hard"ly\ (h[aum]rd"l[y^]), adv. [AS. heardlice. See
   {Hard}.]
   
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   1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
      
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            Recovering hardly what he lost before. --Dryden.
      
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   2. Unwillingly; grudgingly.
      
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            The House of Peers gave so hardly their consent.
                                                  --Milton.
      
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   3. Scarcely; barely; not quite; not wholly.
      
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            Hardly shall you find any one so bad, but he desires
            the credit of being thought good.     --South.
      
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   4. Severely; harshly; roughly.
      
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            He has in many things been hardly used. --Swift.
      
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   5. Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] --Holland.
      
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   6. Certainly; surely; indeed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
      
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