Hardly and Wildly

Hardly

Hardly adverb - In a manner so as to cause loss or suffering.

Wildly is an antonym for hardly.

Nearby Word: hard

Wildly

Wildly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: trespassers make the recluse wildly angry

Hardly is an antonym for wildly.

Nearby Word: wild

Both words in one sentence

  • Sex for Product While in the asylum, he and the other inmates produce a series of wildly successful advertisements, including "Jaguar: For men who want handjobs from beautiful women they hardly know."
  • Hardly anyone has seen the earliest episodes of the wildly popular Mexican sitcom El Chavo del ocho because it originated as a sketch on an hour-long variety show "Chespirito", named for Chavo's creator.
  • The two are nothing alike, but canon is wildly inconsistent on whether they're truly different people — and the other souled vampire, Spike, makes things even more confusing by hardly changing at all.
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