Hardly and Pretty

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

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Pretty and hardly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretty" instead an adverb "Hardly".

Nearby Word: hard

Pretty adverb - To some degree or extent.

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Hardly and pretty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hardly" instead an adverb "Pretty".

Nearby Words: prettily, prettied, prettying

Granted, the thugs were pretty puny and if he'd still had his arms he probably could've killed all of them and Gatou without hardly interrupting his fight with Kakashi.

Source: The Last Dance
The Idiot from Osaka: Kamome, who is hardly an idiot but personifies pretty much every other element of the stereotype.

Source: Anime / Cyber Team in Akihabara
Shrinking Violet: Ginny, pretty much only in this book as she's hardly in the next two and in the fifth she's revealed to have Taken a Level in Badass.

Source: Literature / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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