What's difference between 'hardly' and 'rarely'? To the questions like, "How often do you go clothes shopping?" Should I answer as,"Rarely" or "Hardly"?
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"Rarely" or "hardly ever". – StoneyB Jan 18 '16 at 16:16
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or hardly every day (but rarely less than twice a week) – FumbleFingers Jan 18 '16 at 18:24
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Hardly has a nuance of being difficult to do.
Rarely has a nuance of very isolated occurrences in time.
Seldom is possibly closer to what you want to convey in this sentence.
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You can use rarely in this context, but not hardly.
However, "rarely and " hardly ever" as frequency adverbs can be used in the sense of "not often". So these are interchangeable.
You can use rarely or hardly ever as follows:
How often do you go shopping for clothes? Rarely/Hardly ever.
