What does “hardly” mean in this context?
What did the jury end with when it heard “the man’s loneliness”?
Was the jury finally moved? What is the reason a child is born “as a child”?
What are some interesting things you’ve read about politics?
According to another answer, hardly means barely ( or, per Wiktionary, “Barely, only just, almost not”).
What is the meaning of “The jury was barely moved”?
Here, hardly means “barely or not at all,” so the jury was not moving.
