hardly
adverb
[ ˈhɑːdli ]
• scarcely (used to qualify a statement by saying that it is true to an insignificant degree).
• "the little house in which he lived was hardly bigger than a hut"
Similar:
scarcely,
barely,
only just,
not much,
faintly,
narrowly,
slightly,
rarely,
little,
by a very small margin,
by the narrowest of margins,
by the skin of one's teeth,
by a hair's breadth,
by a nose,
almost not,
not quite,
by a whisker,
• harshly.
• "the rule worked hardly"
hardly ever
• very rarely.
• "we hardly ever see them"
