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hardy

adjective · noun

Simple meaning

Having rugged physical strength.

Pronunciation

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hahrdee

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ˈhɑɹdi

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Definition

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adjective

  1. Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.

  2. botany

    Able to survive adverse growing conditions, especially frost.

  3. Brave and resolute.

  4. Impudent.

noun

  1. United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)

  2. A common surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a hardy person.

  3. A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil.

  4. English novelist and poet (1840-1928)

  5. A number of places in the United States

  6. A minor city in Sharp County and Fulton County, Arkansas.

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  • “These flowers are quite hardy and can survive cold winter weather.”

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