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1. • • Hardly is an adverb. Hardly has a negative meaning. It normally means ‘almost not at all’ or ‘only just’. We can use it in mid position, or before an adjective or a noun: He wore a big hat that covered his head and you could hardly see his face. (you could only see a small part of his face)
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   We usually put hardly in mid position, between the subject and the main verb, or after the modal verb or first auxiliary verb, or after main verb be: My piano lesson is on Monday, and I’ve hardly played it this week. I can hardly wait. There were hardly any tourists.

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   How to Use hardly in a Sentence. hardly. adverb. Definition of hardly. Synonyms for hardly. This is hardly a new idea for a movie. The changes in service have hardly been noticed. Hardly anyone showed up for the meeting. There are hardly any new features in this software. Hardly a day goes by when I don't think about you.

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   The meaning of HARDLY is —used to emphasize a minimal amount or degree. How to use hardly in a sentence. Can hardly be used with a negative?: Usage Guide

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   How To Use Hardly in Sentences? Hardly is an adverb used to indicate that something occurs only to a small extent or almost not at all. When using hardly in a sentence, it is usually positioned before the verb.

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   Examples of HARDLY in a sentence, how to use it. 99 examples: Though that is hardly a brief for paternalism, it should make us-at least those…

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   We can use hardly or no sooner to say that two things happened in quick succession (i.e. there was a very short space of time between the two things happening). We say hardly . . . when / before . . . to say that something happened and another thing happened very soon afterwards.

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   How do you use hardly in a sentence?

   • There were hardly any tourists. When hardly is modifying either the main verb or the following noun, we can put it directly before the verb or before the noun phrase: She hardly had any sleep. or She had hardly any sleep. In more formal styles, to refer to something happening immediately after something else, we use hardly … when.

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   What does hardly mean?

   • Hardly + any (thing) has a similar meaning to very little or very few: I hardly ate anything yesterday. (= I ate very little yesterday.) She hardly buys any new clothes at all. (= She buys very few new clothes.)

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   When do you use hardly to modify a statement?

   • 1. You use hardly to modify a statement when you want to emphasize that it is only a small amount or detail which makes it true, and that therefore it is best to consider the opposite statement as being true. [emphasis] [...] 2. See hardly ever [...] 3.

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   Can hardly be used with a negative verb?

   • Use of hardly with a negative verb is a speech form; it is most commonly heard in Southern and Midland speech areas. In other speech areas and in all discursive prose, hardly is normally used with a positive. You can hardly find a red one. It hardly matters what I think. The changes in service have hardly been noticed.

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   What is the adverb form of hard?

   • We move hardly to front position and invert the subject and verb: Hardly [V] had [S] I arrived there when I was called back to the head office 100 miles away. (I arrived there and then I was immediately called back.) Hardly is not the adverb form of the adjective hard. The adverb form of hard is also hard.

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   What does hardly contain her excitement mean in a sentence?

   • These sentences are used to emphasize the limitations, scarcity, or close proximity of an action or situation. For example, “She could hardly contain her excitement” implies she was just barely able to manage her emotions, while “There is hardly any milk left in the fridge” conveys a shortage of milk.

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    You use hardly to modify a statement when you want to emphasize that it is only a small amount or detail which makes it true, and that therefore it is best to consider the opposite statement as being true.