Hard
Hard adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
With difficulty and hard are semantically related in severely topic. In some cases you can use "With difficulty" instead the word "Hard" as an adverb or an adjective.
With difficulty
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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However, they can resist the transformation (albeit with difficulty), and killing them without silver is possible - it's just extremely hard.
Source: Film / Dog Soldiers -
Nintendo Hard: Conquest is designed to be the harder route, with difficulty akin to earlier Fire Emblem titles.
Source: Video Game / Fire Emblem Fates
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With difficulty and Hard. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard/with_difficulty
Hard & With difficulty. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard/with_difficulty>.
With difficulty or Hard. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard/with_difficulty.
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