Extremely
Extremely adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: an extremely hot day
Hardly
Hardly adverb - Certainly not.
Usage example: I would hardly think someone with her attitude could make a good manager
Nearby Word: hard
Both words in one sentence
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That said, you can hardly blame him for losing his temper after Harry came extremely close to getting killed.
Source: Out-of-Character Moment -
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Dietrich's German accent keeps fluctuating throughout the game, sometimes going from extremely heavy to hardly present to extremely heavy again in the span of one cutscene.
Source: Video Game / Spy Fiction -
She replies that she doesn't like it at all, because "She is so extremely" — and then seeing the Queen within earshot — "likely to win, that it hardly seems worth finishing the game."
Source: Bait-and-Switch Comment
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