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in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering
- the new judge vowed to deal hardly with repeat offenders
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certainly not
- I would hardly think someone with her attitude could make a good manager
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by a very small margin
- we were hardly able to make it back to camp before darkness set in
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with feelings of bitterness or grief
- his broker did not think that he would take his financial losses so hardly
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- abjectly,
- cheerlessly,
- crestfallenly,
- dejectedly,
- despairingly,
- despondently,
- disconsolately,
- dispiritedly,
- downheartedly,
- low-spiritedly
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with great effort or determination
- the state championship was a hardly fought contest between two evenly matched teams
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The first known use of hardly was before the 12th century
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