Not easily; (only) with difficulty; scarcely, hardly.

With difficulty or trouble, hardly.

= uneath, adv. 1.

With difficulty or trouble; laboriously. Also: †hardly, scarcely (obsolete). Now somewhat rare, except in compounds with a past participle (see…

Hardly, scarcely. Cf. busy, n.1 1.

Not easily or readily; with difficulty. Now archaic and rare, except as implied in sense 8.

Barely, scarcely. Obsolete. rare.

Without readiness, ease, or proper preparation; not readily.

With difficulty; with much ado; hardly, unwillingly, scarcely.

Not in any easy or simple manner; with difficulty or trouble. Obsolete.

Used (after Latin vix) for: With difficulty. rare.

Used (after Latin vix) for: With difficulty. Obsolete.

Of manner or quality of performance. Not well; defectively, imperfectly, poorly; hardly, scarcely. Sometimes (with mixture of sense 3), With…