Alone and Hardly

Alone

Alone adverb - Without aid or support.

Hardly and alone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hardly" instead an adverb "Alone".

Hardly

Hardly adverb - In a manner so as to cause loss or suffering.

Alone and hardly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alone" instead an adverb "Hardly".

Nearby Word: hard

Both words in one sentence

  • Characters / Impractical Jokers Earlier episodes had people actually tell him to leave them alone even when he was hardly saying anything let alone being rude.
  • Other Allied troops are hardly mentioned at all, left alone the local Europeans, who suffered equally much and a lot longer throughout the Nazi occupation.
  • Pop-Cultural Osmosis Needless to say that even those who know this have hardly ever listened to it, left alone more than once.
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