Hardly
Synonyms for hardly
adv scarcely; with difficulty
comparatively
practically
seldom
barely
simply
somewhat
rarely
just
gradually
imperceptibly
infrequently
little
only
slightly
sporadically
almost inconceivably
almost not
by a hair
by no means
detectably
faintly
no more than
no way
not a bit
not at all
not by much
not likely
not markedly
not measurably
not much
not notably
not noticeably
not often
not quite
once in a blue moon
only just
perceptibly
pretty near
scantly
sparsely
with trouble
Antonyms for hardly
frequently
very
Usage Notes
Hardly, barely, and scarcely all have a negative connotation, and the use of any of them with a negative like can’t or couldn’t is often condemned as a double negative and thus considered nonstandard: I can’t hardly wait. Such constructions do occur occasionally in the speech of educated persons, often with jocular intent (You can’t hardly get that kind any more) but are not found in formal speech or writing. When hardly in the sense “only just, almost not” is followed by a clause, the usual word to introduce the clause is when: The telephone had hardly stopped ringing when (not than) the doorbell rang. See also double negative.
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