The word 'hardly' means ----
A
always
B
almost not
C
seriously
D
regularly
Correct Answer: almost not
hardly (adverb) scarcely (used to qualify a statement by saying that it is true to an insignificant degree). "The little house in which he lived was hardly bigger than a hut" Similar: scarcely, barely, only just, not much, faintly, narrowly.