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Kind adverb
Front hardly 
IPA  /ˈhɑːdli   / adverb
Back hemen hemen hiç
ancak, güç bela, hemen hiç
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hardly (adverb)

 /ˈhɑːdli   / adverb
 
 1 almost no; almost not; almost none
hemen hemen hiç
 There's hardly any coffee left.
 We hardly ever go out nowadays.
 Hardly anybody I knew was at the party.
 I hardly spoke any English when I first came here.
 look at ALMOST
 2 used especially after can and could and before the main verb to emphasize that sth is difficult to do
ancak;
güç bela;
hemen hiç
 Speak up – I can hardly hear you.
 I can hardly wait for the holidays to begin.
 3 (used to say that sth has just begun, happened, etc.) only just
yeni
 I'd hardly sat down when the phone rang.
 She'd hardly gone to sleep than it was time to get up again.
Hardly cümlenin başında ise, ardından hemen fiilin geldiğine dikkat ediniz. Bu durum çoğunlukla resmî yazı dilinde görülür:
 Hardly had she gone to sleep than it was time to get up again.
 4 (used to suggest that sth is unlikely or unreasonable) not really
hiç de
 It's hardly surprising that you're tired after all the work you've done.
 You can hardly expect me to believe that excuse!
 note at HARD2
 look at BARELY, SCARCELY
 

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