If he were indeed dead, it would hardly matter to anyone.
He had come this far; another day or two would hardly matter.
That hardly matters if he's not trying to be serious.
But compared with the other charges against him, that day's action would hardly matter.
It's not really for me to say, but it hardly matters now.
And using the Internet, it hardly matters where you are.
But it hardly mattered what my window looked out on.
One more or less could hardly matter to his power.
After all he has been through, it hardly matters how that part of the story turns out.
"When you are dead, it hardly matters where your head is."