[
  {
    "word": "hardly",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8h\u0251\u02d0dli/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8h\u0251\u02d0dli/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8h\u0251\u0279dli/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/hardly-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1227731",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(manner) Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(manner) Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I can't really deal hardly with people."
          },
          {
            "definition": "With difficulty.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(degree) Barely, only just, almost not.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "they hardly ever watch television;\u2003 I hardly think they'll come in this bad weather;\u2003 it's hardly possible he could lose the election."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "barely",
          "just",
          "only just",
          "scarcely"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "interjection",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Not really.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. \u2015 Hardly!"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hardly"
    ]
  }
]