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hardly /'hɑ:rdli / || /'hɑ:dli/ adverbio

1. (scarcely): ~ anyone/anything casi nadie/nada;
   ~ ever casi nunca;
   he ~ knew her apenas la conocía

2. (surely not): it's ~ what you'd call a masterpiece no es precisamente una obra maestra

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:

hardly ['hɑ:dlɪ] adverbio
1   apenas: I had hardly arrived when..., apenas había llegado cuando...
     he can hardly read, apenas sabe leer
2   (casi no) hardly anybody, casi nadie
     hardly anything, casi nada
     hardly ever, casi nunca

hardly: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009

Compound Forms:
hardly any			casi ninguno adv
hardly anything			casi nada adv
hardly ever			casi nunca adv
hardly expect	vtr	(be unlikely to anticipate)	ser muy poco probable loc verb
One can hardly expect to see a vaccine being produced before the month is out.
Desapareció hace más de una semana, es muy poco probable que lo encuentren con vida.
			no contar con loc verb
Uno no cuenta con que los políticos reaccionen con rapidez ante una emergencia.
			haber pocas esperanzas loc verb
Hay pocas esperanzas de que se salve.
			difícilmente adv
Difícilmente se pueda empezar a producir una vacuna antes de fin de mes.
hardly wait			no poder esperar v
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English:

anything - ever - exist - frizzy - gripping - need - recognize - sit through - barely - face - ill

Spanish:

apenas - balbucear - casi - desconocer - extrañar - flojera - impresionante - mal - mínimamente - nadie - nunca - paliar - pena - sueño - calentar - cortar - pie - poco - que - sombra - sostener - vez

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