hardly in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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hardly [Brit ˈhɑːdli, Am ˈhɑrdli] ADV

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it is hardly/not thinkable that …
il est à peine/n'est pas pensable que …

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histoire pas/à peine racontable
a story which is not/hardly repeatable
pratiquement jamais
hardly ever
elles n'ont pratiquement pas évolué
they have hardly evolved at all
il y avait deux pelés et trois tondus
there was hardly anybody ou a soul around
il n'y avait personne ou presque , il n'y avait presque personne
there was hardly anyone there
il ne reste presque rien
there's hardly anything left
cela n'arrive presque jamais
it hardly ever happens
il n'a presque pas plu
it hardly rained at all
elle n'a rien mangé ou presque
she ate hardly anything
il ne se passe presque pas de jour sans que quelque chose arrive
hardly a day goes by without something happening
un accident difficilement prévisible
an accident which could hardly have been foreseen
ton optimisme n'est guère partageable dans les circonstances actuelles
I can hardly share your optimism in the present circumstances
les résultats n'étaient guère probants/différents/meilleurs le mois suivant
the results were hardly convincing/any different/any better the following month
et le mois suivant ça n'a guère été mieux
and the following month it was hardly any better
il n'a guère mangé
he hardly ate, he ate hardly anything
ne guère manifester d'enthousiasme
to show hardly any enthusiasm
la situation n'a guère évolué
the situation has hardly changed
on ne remarque guère la différence
you can hardly tell the difference
je n'ai guère eu de mal à les convaincre
I didn't have much trouble convincing them, I hardly had any trouble convincing them
je n'ai guère les moyens de faire
I can barely ou hardly afford to do
aujourd'hui la question n'a guère d'importance
today the question hardly matters ou is hardly important
le sandwich était à peine entamé
the sandwich had hardly been touched

hardly in the PONS Dictionary

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hardly Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I hardly ever bake
je fais rarement des gâteaux
hardly ever/anybody
presque jamais/personne
hardly intelligible
à peine compréhensible
he was so drunk that he was hardly intelligible
il était si ivre qu'on le comprenait à peine
it hardly qualifies as sth
on ne peut pas appeler ça qc
hardly anything
presque rien
to hardly work/talk at all
il travaille/parle à peine
I hardly need tell you that he did it
inutile de (te/vous) dire qu'il l'a fait
that station's broadcasts can hardly be heard round here
ici, les émissions de cette station sont inaudibles
he can hardly bear/can't bear her doing sth
il supporte mal supporter/ne supporte pas supporter qu'elle fasse qc (subj)
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There was a small amount of activity there in the 7th century, but the city was now hardly more than a village.
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At night, the place is very quiet as there are hardly any residential buildings in the district.
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Due to his work, he hardly studies, but always manages to get average grades.
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In spite of the technological developments across these societies, the daily wage hardly varied.
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This seems perfectly natural to us, and hardly unconventional.
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He believed readers hardly notice the moment, which he felt was very important.
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Such a stronghold was safe against any small force, and with the means then in use, could hardly be reduced except by starvation.
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Given that he stopped performing in public in the 1950s, this is hardly surprising.
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This unified state hardly lasted a year and was soon dissolved.
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The production was unusual for the company in hardly using masks at all, and complex use of projected images and video.
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