HARD or HARDLY?

hard	hardly
Hard is an adjective. It can mean solid, industrious or difficult. §  Heating the clay makes it hard (solid). §  She is a hard worker (industrious). §  It was a hard (difficult) test.	Hardly is an adverb and means only just or certainly not. §  The teacher spoke quietly I could hardly (only just) hear her. §  You can hardly (certainly not) expect me to do the test for you!