hardly ever

Synonyms

sometimes barely hardly seldom sparsely scarcely infrequently from time to time on occasion at random now and then slenderly scantly interruptedly unwontedly
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Antonyms

often much generally commonly frequently mainly
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Examples

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does. Jane Austen

We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye. Carlos Castaneda

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. Erica Jong

It is one of the more striking generalizations of biochemistry - which surprisingly is hardly ever mentioned in the biochemical textbooks - that the twenty amino acids and the four bases, are, with minor reservations, the same throughout Nature. Francis Crick

I have a driver's licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi. Ferran Adria

Elm trees have beautiful branches but hardly ever bear fruit. Spanish Proverb

Words in the phrase

hardly ever

Close letter words and terms

hardly at all hardly believable hardly dry behind the ears hardly happen to hardly likely hardly noticeable