Hardly
Specially
Specially adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: a specially gifted pianist
Both words in one sentence
- On the other hand there's Film Brain, who will sometimes make episodes more British than other contributors would (specially when dealing with works that hardly went out of the UK such as Fat Slags).
Source: Creator Provincialism
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