HARDLY
ADVERBS
1529 — FAINTLY hardly, scarcely → obs.
1772 — SCANTLINS scarcely, hardly → Sc.
1805 — HARDLEYS hardly, scarcely → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1838 — SCRIMPITLY scarcely, hardly → Sc.
1839 — HARDLINGS hardly, scarcely → Eng. dial.
1877 — SCANT scarcely, hardly, barely → Sc.
1905 — HARD AND SHARP scarcely, hardly, with difficulty, barely → Eng. dial. (Bk.)