hardly

adverb [程度副词]几乎不，几乎没有；刚刚，才；几乎无法；差不多，大约；<古>严厉的，苛刻的

You use hardly in expressions such as hardly ever, hardly any, and hardly anyone to mean almost never, almost none, or almost no one. ^{(后接)(ever)(,)(any)(,)(anyone)(等表示) 几乎从不}