Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hardly ever

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables
hard-ly ev-er
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Seldom; rarely; almost never.

Questions

What does hardly ever mean?
Seldom; rarely; almost never.

How to pronounce hardly ever

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