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with effort or force or vigor; "the team played hard"; "worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard" with firmness; "held hard to the railing" causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank''s failure" slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard" to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left" with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard" very near or close in space or time; "it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant''s opening" very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" strong having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor" alcoholic of speech sounds plosive, velar metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb" brutal, calculating, case-hardened, steely, stiff not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock" adamantine, al dente, corneous, erect, firm, granitic, hardened, lignified, marmoreal, ossified, petrified, petrous, slaty, steely, unpadded, semihard unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break" bad dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before" stale into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours" earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused" not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why i ambitious, arduous, awkward, baffling, catchy, delicate, fractious, hard-fought, Herculean, nasty, rocky, rugged, stubborn, tall(a), thorny, troublesome, trying, vexed, serious having undergone fermentation; "hard cider" soured indulging excessively; "he drank heavily" characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a effortful |
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