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hardly

hardly /ˈhɑɚdli/ adverb
hardly
/ˈhɑɚdli/
adverb
Britannica Dictionary definition of HARDLY
: barely, scarcely used to say that something was almost not possible or almost did not happen
: almost not at all
: almost not
used to say that something reached a specified condition or happened only a short time before
: certainly not

hardly ever

see ever