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HARDY
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Irregular inflected forms: hardier , hardiest
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English novelist and poet (1840-1928)
Synonyms:
Hardy; Thomas Hardy
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)
Synonyms:
Hardy; Oliver Hardy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
comedian; comic (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)
Holonyms ("Hardy" is a member of...):
Laurel and Hardy (United States slapstick comedy duo who made many films together)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Example:
intrepid pioneers
Synonyms:
audacious; brave; dauntless; fearless; hardy; intrepid; unfearing
Classified under:
Similar:
bold (fearless and daring)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
Example:
sturdy young athletes
Synonyms:
hardy; stalwart; stout; sturdy
Classified under:
Similar:
robust (sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction)
Derivation:
hardiness (the property of being strong and healthy in constitution)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions
Example:
camels are tough and hardy creatures
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
robust (sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction)
Context examples:
She is also very hardy herself, which of course will influence her in her opinion of the wants of others.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Now, as he pushed his way through the looser fringe the head was raised, and there was the grinning, hardy face of the smith looking up at us.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The hardiest of the microbes were able to reproduce even in the presence of extremely unfriendly chemicals, such as ammonia and carbon monoxide.
(Scientists: Life Can Thrive in Most Extreme Environments, George Putic/VOA)
These few hardy bees, the researchers surmise, may share a limited bag of tricks pollination-wise, when what the apple flower really needs is the diverse “talents” of a species-rich community.
(Diverse Bee Communities Best for Apple Orchards, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Letter from Lord Merrow, report from Sir Charles Hardy, memorandum from Belgrade, note on the Russo-German grain taxes, letter from Madrid, note from Lord Flowers——Good heavens! what is this?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Even the hardy, swaggering half-breed seemed cowed.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They are strong and hardy, but of a cowardly spirit, and, by consequence, insolent, abject, and cruel.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
He wishes his boys to be active and hardy; and if they misbehave, can give them a sharp word now and then; but he is an affectionate father—certainly Mr. John Knightley is an affectionate father.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I'll fight for my Lord and Master!' and all sorts of similar incoherent ravings. It was with very considerable difficulty that they got him back to the house and put him in the padded room. One of the attendants, Hardy, had a finger broken. However, I set it all right; and he is going on well.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Father was a plumber in the Tottenham Court Road, and he left a tidy business behind him, which mother carried on with Mr. Hardy, the foreman; but when Mr. Windibank came he made her sell the business, for he was very superior, being a traveller in wines.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
