| 1H6 I.i.160 | [Third Messenger to Bedford] The Earl of Salisbury ... hardly keeps his men from mutiny |
| 1H6 III.ii.40 | [Talbot alone] hardly we escaped the pride of France |
| 2H4 II.iv.112 | [Falstaff to Pistol, of the Hostess] you shall not hardly offend her [i.e. you can hardly offend her] |
| 2H6 I.iv.70 | [York to all] these oracles / Are hardly attained |
| 2H6 V.i.92 | [York to King] Why hast thou broken faith with me, / Knowing how hardly I can brook abuse? |
| AC V.i.74 | [Caesar to all] you shall see / How hardly I was drawn into this war |
| Cor V.ii.69 | [Menenius to Coriolanus] I was hardly moved to come to thee |
| E3 IV.iii.24 | [Charles to Villiers] what is he, so senseless and secure, / That, having hardly passed a dangerous gulf, / Will put himself in peril there again? [or, in a violent way] |
| KJ V.vi.42 | [Bastard to Hubert, of the rising tide] Myself, well mounted, hardly have escaped |
| R2 II.iv.2 | [Captain to Salisbury] we have stayed ten days / And hardly kept our countrymen together |
| R3 II.i.58 | [Richard to all] If I ... / Have aught committed that is hardly borne / By any in this presence |
| TG II.i.103 | [Valentine to Silvia, of his letter] it came hardly off |
| TN III.iv.58 | [Servant to Olivia, of Viola as Cesario] I could hardly entreat him back |
| TNK V.iii.130 | [Theseus to Emilia, of Palamon and Arcite] heavens did / Make hardly one the winner |