Hardly
Hardly adverb - With great effort or determination.
Usage example: the state championship was a hardly fought contest between two evenly matched teams
Industriously and hardly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Industriously" instead an adverb "Hardly".
Nearby Word: hard
Industriously
Industriously adverb - With great effort or determination.
Usage example: worked industriously to complete the project ahead of schedule
Hardly and industriously are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hardly" instead an adverb "Industriously".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- practically and hardly
- practically and industriously
- hard and hardly
- hard and industriously
- firmly and hardly
- firmly and industriously
- closely and hardly
- closely and industriously
- intensely and hardly
- intensely and industriously
- seriously and hardly
- seriously and industriously
- energetically and hardly
- energetically and industriously
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