Hardly is an English word with synonyms like barely. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Hardly in a sentence
Related words
Hardly meaning
- Barely, only just, almost not.
- Certainly not; not at all.
- With difficulty.
Synonyms of Hardly
Using Hardly
- The main meaning on this page is: Barely, only just, almost not. | Certainly not; not at all. | With difficulty.
- Useful related words include: scarcely, barely, just, scarce.
- In the example corpus, hardly often appears in combinations such as: is hardly, was hardly, could hardly.
Example sentences (20)
As a feat of cinematic masquerade, it could hardly be pulled off with any more panache: The term “mockumentary” hardly feels appropriate for a film this reverent of its supposed form, and this toughly loving toward its human subject.
Pointing to the register, he said that there was hardly any query from anyone till this time and тАЬeven we have hardly any people on road,” he said.
A Nigerian with a national vision, not a Nigerian who hardly knows other parts of the country, or hardly goes beyond his own cocoon, he only sees himself as an Igboman, or is a Hausaman or is a Kanuriman before he is a Nigerian.
Hearing the desperation in her daughter’s voice, Melinda’s heart stopped in her chest, she felt short of breath, could hardly think straight, could hardly focus.
It appears 29 months into the Trump term, at a time when Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could hardly be more thrilled with his relationship with the administration, and when the Palestinians could hardly be more unhappy.
These individuals hardly ever used in the physical presence of other people, and they hardly ever had in-person sex with other people.
Rarer species are the black-throated diver and the turnstone (Arenaria interpres), with hardly a dozen nests around Vänern; and the Caspian tern with hardly a dozen specimens.
A broken plate here or a teacher's note there, hardly signal the end of the world.
According to Frazee, Huang’s suspicions about rabbits are correct — in nature, they’re hardly meek creatures.
Additionally, Internet services are hardly accessible to the residents of Khartoum, who are also facing difficulties in communicating through the main telecommunications networks.
A fit of pique is hardly the sort of motive for government action conservatives usually applaud.
After that, I could hardly wait to get home from work each day and find him squirming on the sofa.
All in all, there are hardly any influential negative effects of consuming Mind Lab Pro.
Almost identical to the original Pot Noodle, there was hardly any difference in taste at all.
Although this fact has hardly eradicated people doing “bad” things in the real world, we can still identify it.
Although this is hardly a brand new issue in their relationship, lately, things have spiraled out of control to the point where her boyfriend has been really weird about her hair.
And his limited role also narrows his focus almost exclusively to coverage, so he hardly even has to consider the possibility of a run.
And it’s hardly remembered as a flashy spectacle, either.
And of course, a host of MMA fans on social media could hardly believe what they had witnessed after seeing Głowacki's comeback against his Polish compatriot.
And while the hill is hardly Mickle Fell, the view south – on a hazy afternoon I think I saw Drax power station 35 miles away – is mightily impressive.
Common combinations with hardly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is hardly 34×
- was hardly 20×
- could hardly 18×
- it hardly 16×
- hardly the 12×
- are hardly 11×
- hardly be 10×
- hardly any 10×
- hardly ever 8×
- can hardly 8×