hardly Copy link Outline I. With hardness, severityII. With difficultyIII. Scarcely • hardly: I. With hardness, severity: dūrē, dūrĭter; crūdēlĭter: v. severely, harshly. II. With difficulty: vix, aegre: v. difficulty (I., fin.). III. Scarcely: vix: v. scarcely.