Anxiously? Hardly! (8)
I believe the answer is:
uneasily
This could be a double definition.
'anxiously?' is the first definition.
(I know that anxiously can be written as uneasily)
'hardly' is the second definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for uneasily that I've seen before include "In nervous way" , "In worried way, lacking in confidence" , "With anxiety or apprehension" , "Hardly so, you might think" , "In apprehensive manner" .)