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Discover Ludwig"hardly more" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to emphasize that something is only slightly more than something else. For example: "The store sold the book for hardly more than what it cost to make."
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Hardly more.
When pressed, he was hardly more forthcoming.
Ferrer was hardly more forthcoming.
Pakistan's internal politics are hardly more tranquil.
Mr. Almunia is hardly more expressive.
Mr. Knight is hardly more optimistic.
The other teenage heroes are hardly more fallible.
In my experience, things were hardly more lawless than usual.
Shia militias are hardly more savoury than IS itself.
Scientific plant breeding dates back hardly more than 50 years.
The rest of the sale was hardly more encouraging.
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