hardly vs no ways

hardly

intj

  • Not really. 

adv

  • Barely, only just, almost not. 

no ways

intj

  • Synonym of no way (“absolutely not”) 

  • Synonym of no way (“indicates astonished disbelief”) 

noun

  • Synonym of no way 

How often have the words hardly and no ways occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )