The term 'hardly ever' is used to describe something that occurs very INFREQUENTLY. The crossword solutions for this term include 'LITTLE', 'INFREQUENTLY', 'RARELY', 'SELDOM', 'ONCE', 'onceinablueMoon', and 'onceinalifetime'. All of these words indicate that something happens very RARELY, if at all. LITTLE suggests a small amount, while INFREQUENTLY and RARELY indicate that something happens only occasionally. SELDOM implies that something happens even less often than RARELY, and ONCE indicates that something happens only one time. Finally, onceinablueMoon and onceinalifetime suggest that something happens so RARELY that it is almost impossible to imagine.