Hardly
Hardly adverb - In a manner so as to cause loss or suffering.
With effort and hardly are semantically related. in barely topic. In some cases you can use "With effort" instead an adverb "Hardly".
Nearby Word: hard
With effort
Hardly and with effort are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Hardly" with "With effort", this terms are similar.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- just and hardly
- just and with effort
- hard and hardly
- hard and with effort
- barely and hardly
- barely and with effort
- infrequently and hardly
- infrequently and with effort
- scarcely and hardly
- scarcely and with effort
- with difficulty and hardly
- with difficulty and with effort
- painfully and hardly
- painfully and with effort
Cite this Source
With effort and Hardly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hardly/with_effort
Hardly & With effort. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hardly/with_effort>.
With effort or Hardly. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hardly/with_effort.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "hardly" and "with effort" have occurred on timeline