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hardly ever
Idioms and Phrases
Also, rarely ever , scarcely ever . Very seldom, almost never, as in This kind of thief is hardly ever caught , or He rarely ever brings up his wartime experiences . The ever in these expressions, first recorded in 1694, serves as an intensifier.Example Sentences
Back then, they were still 'mighty City', the team who were dominating English football, who hardly ever slipped up.
Fernandes' other quality is that he is hardly ever injured.
So you make your client’s story all about the person across the aisle: It’s hardly ever about "my client did good" and almost always about "my opponent did bad."
But crested cranes, who can live for just over two decades, hardly ever breed in captivity as the birds are famously faithful.
“I see press conferences. It’s all about the city of Los Angeles and the Palisades. The name Malibu hardly ever gets mentioned.â€
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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