hardly

adv.几乎不：The government  built  a cycle lane on the road but it is hardly used.（湖南高考）

【用法】①hardly放在句首时，句子要用部分倒装。

②如果一个句子中含有no, hardly, never, scarcely, little, few等否定意义或半否定意义的副词，其反意疑问句的附加疑问句部分要用肯定形式。

【搭配】hardly... when...刚……就……