Hardly
Hardly adverb - With great effort or determination.
Usage example: the state championship was a hardly fought contest between two evenly matched teams
Vehemently and hardly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vehemently" instead an adverb "Hardly".
Nearby Word: hard
Vehemently
Vehemently adverb - In a vehement manner.
Hardly and vehemently are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hardly" instead an adverb "Vehemently".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hard and hardly
- hard and vehemently
- roughly and hardly
- roughly and vehemently
- severely and hardly
- severely and vehemently
- intensely and hardly
- intensely and vehemently
- energetically and hardly
- energetically and vehemently
- strenuously and hardly
- strenuously and vehemently
- vigorously and hardly
- vigorously and vehemently
Both words in one sentence
- Hard Work Hardly Works: Vehemently averted by Miranda, who tries to drill averting this into Luke as well.
Source: Role Play / Everything Gaiden v2
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