- heardlic
- adj stern, severe, harsh, terrible; bold, warlike; excessive; adv \heardliclíce harshly, resolutely, severely, sternly; stoutly, bravely; excessively; hardly (paulatim, tractim)
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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hardly — (adv.) c.1200, in a hard manner, with great exertion or effort, from O.E. heardlic stern, severe, harsh; bold, warlike (see HARD (Cf. hard) + LY (Cf. ly) (2)). Hence assuredly, certainly (early 14c.). Main modern sense of barely, just (1540s)… … Etymology dictionary
