hardly
Definitions
Adverb
- Only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - w.b.yeats
- Almost not
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "hardly".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heavily | 3 | 60 |
| 2 | happily | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | handley | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | hawksley | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | huxley | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | harshly | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | huntley | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | humbly | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | horsely | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | hurriedly | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | hartley | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | haughtily | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | hinckley | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | hambley | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | hambly | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | handly | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | hansley | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | harpley | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | haseley | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | haverly | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | heatherly | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | helsley | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | hemmerle | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | hemsley | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | hendley | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | hennelly | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | hensley | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | heverly | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | hindley | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | hinkley | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | hinsley | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | homesley | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | homily | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | horsley | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | hugely | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | hundley | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | hunsley | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | huntly | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "hardly".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hard | 1 | 202 |
| 2 | hardy | 2 | 42 |
| 3 | sharply | 2 | 38 |
| 4 | harshly | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | thirdly | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | hartley | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | harley | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | hardey | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | handly | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | hadley | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | ardley | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | heartedly | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | harl | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | yardley | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | wardley | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | shadley | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | hoadley | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | headley | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | haverly | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | harpley | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "hardly" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "hardly" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | can hardly | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "hardly" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "hardly".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurdle | 2 | 3 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 38
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 3
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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