Sentence examples for it hardly needed from inspiring English sources
It hardly needed to be said.
IT HARDLY needed an official result in Cambodia's election to know who won.
His work was not sculpture but structures, he said, though it hardly needed saying.
The free-range supermarket turkey was so soft it hardly needed chewing.
But it hardly needed this distant connection to stimulate the young girl's interest in all things French, including art.
Facing the prospect of broad electricity failures over the summer, Japan's leadership did not dare order more plants shut down, but it hardly needed to.
Apple may well intend to reinvent driving, but it hardly needs to build its own car to do that.
After 25 years, its cyber-grime aesthetic and ontological riddles still fascinate; it hardly needs a good wash and a brush-up, but it certainly deserves one.
In both instances, the joke ends before remotely realising its potential, as if Bailey considers the activity entertaining enough that it hardly needs good material attached.
(It hardly needs saying).
