hardly ***

I hardly know the answer to the most common question.

The book could hardly have come at a better moment.

But hardly any of them can be seen from the road.

He could hardly make his way up and down the court.

But what they are saying could hardly be more different.

Still, the city is hardly a model for the nation.

The human interest of the story is hardly less great.

But one could hardly ask for more security and energy.

They were hardly different from the years before or after.

On the other hand, hardly anyone else comes at all.

People are hardly being involved in the process at all.

We can hardly take action and do everything at once.

He could hardly make out a word they were saying.

But he could hardly hold himself up at the moment.

Actually I hardly ever got to know my own son.

His voice was so low she could hardly hear him.

In a few months' time she might hardly remember his name.

They've hardly been the best parents in the world, have they?

Then he saw something else and could hardly believe his eyes.

Well, I know you can hardly go to your father.

I hardly got a word out of her at the party.

They hardly seemed to look at each other these days.

But then hardly anyone has read the book, including me.

She could hardly feel the dark thing in him now.

Still he'd hardly bring half the local police force with him.