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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
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. It hardly matters what I think.
Grammar. Hardly is an adverb. … Hardly ever, rarely, scarcely, seldom. 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.
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…
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)
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.
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Hardly is an adverb meaning ‘almost not’: I hardly ever go to concerts. I can hardly wait for my birthday. It cannot be used instead of hard: I’ve been working hardly today. She has thought very hardly about her future plans. It was raining hardly outside.
