Hardly
The crossword clue "Hardly" is answered by NARY, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NARY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NARY answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- NOTEVEN (3 uses in xd)
- FARFROM (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for NARY
Every other clue in this collection answered by NARY, most used first.
- ___ a soul - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- __ a soul (no one) - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ a one - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Not any - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
- Not one - used 34 times, most recently in 2022
- __ a soul; nobody - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ a one (none) - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Not a one - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
- Not - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
- Not even one - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- -- a one (zero) - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Not any: Colloq. - used 10 times, most recently in 2001
- Not any, country-style - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Not one: Dial. - used 9 times, most recently in 1965
- Old-timey "not" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ a one (nobody) - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Not, quaintly - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Quaint "not" - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- ___ a one (zilch) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Not one, in Dogpatch - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Not one, to Jethro Bodine - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Quaint negative - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Hardly __ (rarely) - EVER, used 47 times
- Hardly any - ATAD, used 28 times
- "__ hardly wait!" - ICAN, used 26 times
- Hardly at all - ATAD, used 23 times
- Hardly thrilling - BLAH, used 14 times
- Hardly colorful - DRAB, used 12 times
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