hardly likely

This page is about the collocation hardly likely

collocation pattern: adverb + adjective

Meaning

very unlikely or very improbable

For example

  • We could win, but it's hardly likely with so many of our players out injured.

  • I still smoke, so living to be a hundred is hardly likely.

Quick Quiz

If something's hardly likely, it's

a. very likely to happen

b. quite likely to happen

c. not very likely to happen
a) very likely to happen b) quite likely to happen c) not very likely to happen

Contributor: Matt Errey