Hard
Hard adverb - With great effort or determination.
Usage example: a hard-won victory
Steadily and hard are semantically related. in strenuously topic. In some cases you can use "Steadily" instead an adverb "Hard", when it comes to topics like diligently, with determination.
Steadily
Steadily adverb - At a steady rate or pace.
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Synonyms for Steadily
Hard and steadily are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hard" instead an adverb "Steadily".
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Both words in one sentence
- Plus the horrible rapid-fire slamming sounds of the double doors, making it hard to hear anything coming at you, and they steadily grow louder and louder as you get closer.
Source: Hell Is That Noise / Video Games -
Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness: An interesting case where the 'verse has been steadily sliding from hard to soft across its run.
Source: Franchise / Arrowverse - Powerups aren't very common, and generally whatever killed you was strong enough to do it again, only better thanks to your steadily diminishing damage output (as if the game wasn't hard enough already).
Source: Continuing Is Painful
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