Question: what is the difference between hard and hardly?
Answer: What about if we want to make 'hard' into an adverb to talk about how we do something? ... So, 'hard' stays the same whether it is an adjective or adverb. By now, you might be asking yourself what 'hardly' means. 'Hardly' means 'only just' or 'almost not' and is a synonym of 'barely' or 'scarcely'.