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as in severely
in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering
the new judge vowed to deal hardly with repeat offenders
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as in barely
by a very small margin
we were hardly able to make it back to camp before darkness set in
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as in hard
with great effort or determination
the state championship was a hardly fought contest between two evenly matched teams
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