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Split city in Cambridgeshire? Hardly! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

severely

'hardly' is the definition.
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'split city in cambridgeshire?' is the wordplay.
'split' becomes 'sever' (sever can mean to split or separate).
'city in cambridgeshire?' becomes 'ely' (I've seen this before).
'sever'+'ely'='SEVERELY'

(Other definitions for severely that I've seen before include "With sternness" , "In rigorous, exacting manner" , "very badly" , "In a stern manner" , "Sternly or gravely" .)

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