Hardly and Intently

Hardly

Hardly adverb - With great effort or determination.
Usage example: the state championship was a hardly fought contest between two evenly matched teams

Intently and hardly are semantically related in barely topic. In some cases you can use "Intently" instead an adverb "Hardly".

Nearby Word: hard

Intently

Intently adverb - With great effort or determination.
Usage example: intently studied his notes just before the exam

Hardly and intently are semantically related in barely topic. Sometimes you can use "Hardly" instead an adverb "Intently".

Nearby Words: intense, intent, intensely, intensively
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