单词 | hardly contested |
释义 | > as lemmashardly contested Combining with participles to form adjectives, as hardly contested, hardly earned, hardly labouring, hardly used, etc. ΚΠ 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 121 A hardly clymed hill. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iii. xii. 190 Tokens of his hardly-remoued sicknesse. 1649 Perfect Weekly Acct. 3 Oct. 629 They have purchased their Debentures at such inconsiderable rates,..to the utter frustrating the souldier of his hardly earned, long-expected, and by you fully intended reward. 1694 tr. E. Benoist Hist. Famous Edict of Nantes I. viii. 460 The hardly extinguish'd hatred of the Catholics. 1768 Woman of Honor II. 201 I think I see the hardly suppressed swell of face of one of those immortal geniuses. 1773 T. Leland Hist. Ireland I. iv. 111 It was now peculiarly mortifying to find himself obliged to abandon this hardly acquired conquest. 1809 Parl.Reg. I. 399 Do you not know how to pronounce the name of your particular friend, whom you represented as a hardly-used man? 1858 M. Oliphant Laird of Norlaw II. 31 Many a hardly-labouring soul, full of generous plans and motives, has seen a stranger enter into its labours. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 34 With her hardly-earned gains. 1888 Spectator 28 July 1036/1 The hardly veiled didacticism of novels like those of Miss Edgeworth. 1930 N.Y. Times 1 Aug. 24 Great Neck received that advantage and managed to earn seven goals in a hardly contested match. 1952 C. P. Blacker Eugenics: Galton & After 282 Each hardly-won improvement in human conditions. 1980 Cincinnati Mag. Mar. 40/4 You can sell those hardly worn items through this shop. 2000 J. J. Connolly Layer Cake (2004) 262 He left eighty grand in bricks of cash lining the sides of a drawer..in a hardly used upstairs boxroom. < as lemmas |
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