SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late December 2019

Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by sleepygardener on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @12:23PM (#23081736)

I'm not native english speaker and I'm wondering if this is the correct use of the word "hardly". I expect that to mean "not" or "almost not". "hardly hit" would mean "hit very little". Or am I confused?

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by tomerv on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @02:46PM (#23083336)

Yes, "areas (that were) hit hard" is more idiomatic in this case.

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by rjtavares on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @12:53PM (#23082067)

I believe you are correct (I'm also not a native speaker).

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