hardly
英検2級・大学受験ほとんど〜ない
意味
- ほとんど…ない,おそらく…ない;《遠回しに》少しも(全く)…ない
例文
Tom can hardly see anything without his glasses.
トムはメガネがないとほとんど何も見えないんだよ。
His anxiety was such that he could hardly sleep.
彼は心配のあまりほとんど眠れなかった。
I hardly ever go out with my parents these days.
俺最近ほとんど親とは出掛けないな。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English hardely, hardliche, from Old English heardlīċe (“boldly; hardily; without ease; in a way that causes pain; not easily; only by degrees”), equivalent to hard + -ly. Compare Dutch hardelijk, German härtlich.