hardly

• adv.ほとんど、ほとんどまったく；たった今

Hard、hard、-ly、副詞接尾辞。

hardly (adv.)

c. 1200, "in a hard manner, with great exertion or effort," from Old English heardlice "sternly, severely, harshly; bravely; excessively" (see hard (adj.) + -ly (2)). Hence "assuredly, certainly" (early 14c.). Main modern sense of "barely, just" (1540s) reverses this, via the intermediate meaning "not easily, with trouble" (early 15c.). Formerly with superficial negative (not hardly). Similar formation in Old Saxon hardliko, German h?rtlich, Old Danish haardelig.

1. The ward was busy and Amy hardly had time to talk.

病室はとても忙しくて、エミはほとんど話す時間がありません。

2.My eyes were so swollen I could hardly see.

私の目はひどく腫れていて、ほとんど物が見えません。

3.Their two faces were hardly more than eighteen inches apart.

彼ら2人の顔は18インチ未満離れている。

4.Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched,it 's a desolate place.

ここの大半は破壊され、ほとんど無傷の建物がなく、荒廃した場所になっています。

5.He appeared hardly capable of conducting a coherent conversation.

彼は言葉もはっきりしないようだ。