How to pronounce hardly
Listen to hardly in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“hardly” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 316 American · 922 British · 31 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Hardly ever. Hardly ever.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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That's you know hardly hardly unique.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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hardly there was a methane agreement but hardly anything about land use hardly anything about food
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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That is hardly good for the environment, and hardly green.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
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