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- "Hardly ever" implies an almost complete absence or near impossibility of something occurring, while "rarely" denotes a lower frequency but still within the realm of possibility.
Hardly ever, rarely, scarcely and seldom are frequency adverbs. We can use them to refer to things that almost never happen, or do not happen very often. They have a negative meaning. We use them without not. Rarely, scarcely and seldom are more common in writing than in speaking: He hardly ever smiles. [a trout is a type of fish]
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Jan 18, 2016 · Hardly has a nuance of being difficult to do. Rarely has a nuance of very isolated occurrences in time. Seldom is possibly closer to what you want to convey in this sentence.
Nov 29, 2010 · "Rarely" and "seldom" are synonymous and interchangeable, used to indicate low frequency. "Hardly" is not used to indicate infrequency (unless you say "hardly ever," which is synonymous with the other two) but rather the extent of a quality, as it is synonymous with "barely."
You use hardly to say: only just; almost not: To convey the meaning of "rarely" you have to use "hardly ever". I could hardly hear her at the back. The party had hardly started when she left. He hardly ate anything/He ate hardly anything. We hardly ever (= almost never) go to concerts. Hardly had a moment passed before the door creaked open.
Oct 3, 2022 · newenglandgenie. 3 Oct 2022. Featured answer. English (US) Rarely means not often. I rarely go to the movies anymore. My father rarely visits me since he moved to his retirement home. Hardly means 1). Scarcely as in The apartment she lives in is hardly bigger than a closet.
Aug 21, 2020 · I would say that the main difference between occasionally and seldom/rarely/hardly ever is that occasionally has positive polarity, but the others have negative. This is not obvious from the definitions, but it has implications not just pragmatically but also on syntax.
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Hardly, as an adverb by itself, means only just, and equates with barely and scarcely. Jonathan could hardly walk but already knew how to swim. I barely / hardly / scarcely knew Jack,...
