Hardly ever, rarely, scarcely, seldom – English Grammar Today-600747
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Hardly and scarcely can mean ‘almost not at all’ or ‘only just’.
We can use them to refer to things that almost never happen, or do not happen very often.
Rarely, scarcely and seldom are more common in writing than in speaking:She scarcely saw her grandchildren.
Grammar > Adjectives and adverbs > Adverbs > Time adverbs > Hardly ever, rarely, scarcely, seldom Hardly ever, rarely, scarcely and seldom are frequency adverbs.
Hardly is much more common than scarcely, and scarcely is more formal:Jen was so tired.
In more formal styles, to refer to something happening immediately after something else, we use scarcely/hardly … when.
We move hardly and scarcely to front position and invert the subject and verb:Scarcely [V]had [S]I got myself comfortable and closed my eyes when I heard the sound of the alarm.
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