hardly
'hɑ:dliadverb
A22,586th most heard wordIn 77 of 3788 videos (2%)heard 116 timeslast on Oct 27, 2026
- adv. almost not
Across the 3,788 English YouTube videos LingoDew uses to teach English, “hardly” is heard 116 times in 77 videos from 34 channels, the 2,586th most heard word. Unofficial CEFR word lists put it at A2.
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- 21:40But then when I started the job during the first second week, I saw that I hardly used it.但开始工作后的第一、第二周，我发现我几乎用不到英语。How I Got a Job in English WITHOUT Having an Advanced English
- 35:35Okay, and usually, to be honest, when I'm not filming a video, whenever we do the dishes, I hardly ever wipe off the dishes.好的，说实话，通常在我不拍视频的时候，每次我们洗碗，我几乎从来不擦干碗碟。Speak With Me: Real Life English Conversation
- 40:58Snapping turtles have hardly changed in over 200 million years.鳄龟在两亿多年里几乎没有发生任何变化。Underwater Animal Adventures! 🌊 | America's National Parks Full Episode | Nat Geo Kids
- 5:30I think what she meant was that I hardly cried, rarely fussed, and was generally asleep, which I guess was a good thing for her.我想她的意思是，我几乎不哭，很少闹，基本上都在睡觉，我想这对她来说是件好事。724. The Mountain (Short Story for learners of English)
- 0:32and there was hardly anybody there, and I was there, and I bumped into Dave Grohl,那里几乎没什么人，我在那里，碰到了戴夫·格罗尔，Did Luke meet Dave Grohl at a Japanese temple? The Lying Game with Amber & Paul [LEP308]
How it's said
Forms and phrases that come up again and again in the videos.
- Often heard with
- can hardly33×i hardly24×hardly ever21×hardly believe8×hardly any6×
Related words
Words that come up in the same clips.
crykrain. a loud utterance; often in protest or oppositionchildtʃaildn. a young person of either sexstory'stɒ:rin. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related eventsmoney'mʌnin. the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tenderjobdʒɒbn. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific feeskill'skiln. an ability that has been acquired by training
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