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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Hardly
Does the adverb hardly have a postive meaning? implying something to be done with great effort.
If it doeas. -can you tell me an example?
If it doeas. -can you tell me an example?
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I have never used "hardly" to mean "with great effort."
I use it only in the sense of "not very much," as in "It took hardly any effort at all when we all worked together."
I use it only in the sense of "not very much," as in "It took hardly any effort at all when we all worked together."
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1: with force : vigorously
2: in a severe manner : harshly
3: with difficulty : painfully
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hardly is so seldom used with any of these meanings that it is difficult to find any examples of them.
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2: in a severe manner : harshly
3: with difficulty : painfully
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hardly is so seldom used with any of these meanings that it is difficult to find any examples of them.
CJ
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Hardly - often is a word so misused and misunderstood by learners that it's easy to see why.
If one has a hard temper, he is thought to be easily irritated.
If one has a hard time with something, he is having difficulty
So based on the cannotation, it's on the negative spectrum of the scale in terns of of meaning.
If one hardly cooks, it is saying he almost nev
If one has a hard temper, he is thought to be easily irritated.
If one has a hard time with something, he is having difficulty
So based on the cannotation, it's on the negative spectrum of the scale in terns of of meaning.
If one hardly cooks, it is saying he almost nev
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