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Definitions

hardly ever

ADVERB

infrequently

Synonyms

STRONGEST

intermittently now and then occasionally rarely sparingly sporadically

WEAK

not regularly scarcely uncommonly unusually

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frequently regularly

ADVERB

little

Synonyms

STRONGEST

a little barely hardly rarely seldom

WEAK

not many not often not quite only just scarcely somewhat

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frequently

WEAK

more much

ADVERB

rarely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barely hardly infrequently seldom

WEAK

almost never extra extraordinarily extremely finely little notably now and then on rare occasions once in a while once in blue moon remarkably scarcely ever singularly uncommon uncommonly unfrequently unoften unusually

Antonyms

WEAK

frequently regularly

ADVERB

seldom

Synonyms

STRONGEST

a few times hardly occasionally rarely scarcely sometimes sporadically

WEAK

every now and then from time to time in a few cases inhabitually irregularly little not often not very often on and off once in a blue moon once in a while scarcely ever semioccasionally uncommonly unoften unusually whimsically

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frequently regularly

WEAK

often usually

ADVERB

sporadically

Synonyms

STRONGEST

intermittently now and then occasionally rarely seldom sparingly

WEAK

hardly little not regularly once in a blue moon scarcely uncommonly unusually

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frequently regularly usually

ADVERB

uncommonly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exceptionally extremely remarkably strangely unusually

WEAK

extra in few instances irregularly not often now and then occasionally oddly on occasion particularly peculiarly rarely scarcely ever seldom sporadically very

Antonyms

STRONGEST

normally usually

WEAK

commonly frequently

Example Sentences

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Capybaras could attack if threatened, though they hardly ever do.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Official documentation hardly ever matches the reality of how work is actually done.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Pfeiffer: But we hardly ever see the baby.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

"But mainly, nobody cared," she said, adding: "I never get recognised in Ponty hardly ever."

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Shells hardly ever land in the same hole twice, I’ll get into it.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

hardly ever

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