1. hardly - Adverb
2. hardly - Interjection
In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
Unwillingly; grudgingly.
Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly.
Severely; harshly; roughly.
Confidently; hardily.
Certainly; surely; indeed.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan
Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due. Sydney Smith
A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A good horse has many faults; a bad one has hardly any. Croatian Proverb
Birth, ancestry, and that which you yourself have not achieved can hardly be called your own. Greek Proverb
He that peeps into every bush will hardly get into the wood. German Proverb