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hard

[hahrd] / hɑrd /








ADVERB
in a fixed manner
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By the middle of hard winter I thought I was Sergeant Preston—a Mountie on a radio show I had listened to as a child.

From Literature

"I tried hard to break him of that," my father said.

From Literature

"Through hard work, though consistency, we'll get it back on track. Keep faith in what we're doing, keep faith in each other."

From BBC

He tries hard to alter the perception that he was raised in wealth and privilege.

From The Wall Street Journal

Apple’s pocket music player largely owed its existence to one fortuitous meeting Apple executives had with the maker of a tiny hard drive that didn’t seem to have any practical application.

From The Wall Street Journal