Answer to "Hardly" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word NOT , but the solution may also be NOT! which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).

Hardly crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
NOT	45 %	3
NARY	10 %	4
SELDOM	7 %	6
ILL	7 %	3
NOTEVEN	3 %	7
FARFROMIT	3 %	9
SCARCELY	3 %	8
NOTTRUE	3 %	7
FARFROM	3 %	7
BARELY	3 %	6
NOTSO	3 %	5
NOT!	3 %	4
NOTABIT	3 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hardly

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• barely
• scarce
• scarcely
• just
• hard
• difficult
• painstakingly
• roughly
• slightly
• fast
• uneasily
• narrowly

Crossword Answer definitions

NOT noun

1. A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.

NOT adverb

1. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
2. To no degree.
3. (understatement, litotes) Used to modify superlatives to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.

NOT conjunction

1. And not.

NOT interjection

1. (1990s) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result NOT

• "Just Kidding," in Wayne's World
• "Wayne's World" catchword
• Wayne's word
• "Uh-uh!"
• "__ a chance!"
• "__ to worry"
• "___ now!"
• Just kidding!
• "Do ___ disturb"
• "Just kidding!"

More clues leading to the result NARY

• Not one
• None at all
• None
• ___ a soul
• Not any
• Colloquial "not"
• Quaint negative
• Hardly any
• Not (a one)
• Not even one

More clues leading to the result SELDOM

• Once in a blue moon
• Rarely
• Maybe once or twice
• Once in a while
• Not often
• Once in a great while
• Infrequently
• On rare occasions
• Not very often
• Not much

More clues leading to the result ILL

• "__ Never Smile Again"
• Laid up
• Out of sorts
• Under the weather
• Feeling poorly
• Not healthy
• Not well
• Sick
• Ailing
• Hardly healthy

More clues leading to the result NOTEVEN

• "Nice try!"
• Odd
• " . . . stirring, ___ a mouse"
• Much less than that
• "Far less than that"
• "Less than that"
• . . . was stirring, ___ a mouse: Moore
• "Hardly!"

More clues leading to the result FARFROMIT

• "Hardly!"
• "Not even close!"
• "Not at all, actually"

More clues leading to the result SCARCELY

• Only just
• Hardly.
• Barely

More clues leading to the result NOTTRUE

• "Think again!!"
• "Unh-uh!"
• "Hardly!"
• "You're mistaken"
• "Lies!"
• Denier's shout
• Malarkey
• "You're lying!"
• "Au contraire!"
• "Nuh-uh!"

More clues leading to the result FARFROM

• "___ the Madding Crowd"
• Hardly

More clues leading to the result BARELY

• By a hair
• Only just
• Just
• By a nose, say
• Hardly.
• But just.
• Only just.
• Just about
• No more than
• By a nose

More clues leading to the result NOTSO

• A lie
• Untrue
• "Think again!"
• "Unh-uh"
• False
• "False!"
• Words of denial
• "Untrue!"
• "You're wrong!"
• "Baloney!"

More clues leading to the result NOT!

• “Hardly!”
• “As if!”
• “Just kidding!”
• “Au contraire!”
• “Psych!”

More clues leading to the result NOTABIT

• "Hardly"
• "Squadoosh"
• In no way
• To no extent
• None at all
• Spartan's response to "How much does it hurt?"
• None whatsoever
• Agreeable answer to "Do you mind?"
• Cooperative response to "Do you mind?"
• Diddly