Hard and Ill

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Hard adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.

Usage example: took the news of their grandfather's death hard

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Ill and hard are semantically related In some cases you can use "Ill" instead the word "Hard" as an adverb or an adjective.

Nearby Words: harden, hardship, hardy, hardly, hardness

Ill adverb - In a manner so as to cause loss or suffering.

Usage example: in those days society treated debtors very ill, even going so far as to put them in prison

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Hard and ill are semantically related in unfortunately topic. Sometimes you can use "Hard" instead the word "Ill" as an adverb or an adjective.

Nearby Word: illness

Artistic License Biology: Dib is able to survive having Gloria's "crossifix" stabbed through his neck so hard it comes out the other side, without any ill affects.

Source: Fan Fic / Invader Zim Born Again Christian
You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who would speak ill of the original Super Mario Bros.

Source: Growing The Beard / Video Games
That Mitchell and Webb Look featured a sketch in which a terminally ill man's last wish was to do Die Hard.

Source: "Die Hard" on an X

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