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Wildly vs Hardly - What's the difference?

wildly | hardly |


As adverbs the difference between wildly and hardly

is that wildly is in a wild, uncontrolled manner while hardly is (manner|obsolete) firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.

As an interjection hardly is

not really.

Rare vs Hardly - What's the difference?

rare | hardly |


As an adjective rare

is cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).

As a verb rare

is to rear, rise up, start backwards.

As an adverb hardly is

firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.

As an interjection hardly is

not really.

Random vs Hardly - What's the difference?

random | hardly |


As a noun random

is a roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.

As an adjective random

is having unpredictable outcomes and, in the ideal case, all outcomes equally probable; resulting from such selection; lacking statistical correlation.

As an adverb hardly is

(manner|obsolete) firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.

As an interjection hardly is

not really.

Hardly vs Only - What's the difference?

hardly | only |


As adverbs the difference between hardly and only

is that hardly is (manner|obsolete) firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion while only is without others or anything further; exclusively.

As an interjection hardly

is not really.

As an adjective only is

alone in a category.

As a conjunction only is

under the condition that; but.

As a noun only is

(rare) only child.

Hardly vs Difficultly - What's the difference?

hardly | difficultly |


As adverbs the difference between hardly and difficultly

is that hardly is firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion while difficultly is in a difficult manner.

As an interjection hardly

is not really.

Hardly vs Impossible - What's the difference?

hardly | impossible |


As an adverb hardly

is (manner|obsolete) firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.

As an interjection hardly

is not really.

As an adjective impossible is

not possible; not able to be done or happen.

As a noun impossible is

an impossibility.

Virtually vs Hardly - What's the difference?

virtually | hardly |


As adverbs the difference between virtually and hardly

is that virtually is almost but not quite while hardly is (manner|obsolete) firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.

As an interjection hardly is

not really.

Stiffly vs Hardly - What's the difference?

stiffly | hardly |


As adverbs the difference between stiffly and hardly

is that stiffly is in a stiff manner while hardly is (manner|obsolete) firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.

As an interjection hardly is

not really.

Hardly vs Very - What's the difference?

hardly | very |


As adverbs the difference between hardly and very

is that hardly is (manner|obsolete) firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion while very is to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.

As an interjection hardly

is not really.

As an adjective very is

true, real, actual.

Hardly vs Moderately - What's the difference?

hardly | moderately |


As adverbs the difference between hardly and moderately

is that hardly is (manner|obsolete) firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion while moderately is in a moderate manner.

As an interjection hardly

is not really.

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