Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a tough manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a tough manner.
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- adjective In a
tough manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a ruggedly tough manner
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Examples
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Lafeu, as it happens, is expressing himself in prose: the kind of toughly, densely-argued prose that Hamlet uses when he gets down to bedrock.
PoetryFoundation.org 2010
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Vuturo toughly cross-examined arresting officers demanding they tell in detail what they saw and what they did.
Karl Grossman: The Last Police Raid on Gays of Fire Island Karl Grossman 2011
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And as a veteran of the browser wars, she knew that every point of market share was as toughly contested as a football goal-line stand.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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Vuturo toughly cross-examined arresting officers demanding they tell in detail what they saw and what they did.
Karl Grossman: The Last Police Raid on Gays of Fire Island Karl Grossman 2011
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The goal brought to life a toughly contested game in which both tired-looking teams battled to find any rhythm.
Mali 0-1 Ivory Coast | Africa Cup of Nations semi-final match report 2012
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And as a veteran of the browser wars, she knew that every point of market share was as toughly contested as a football goal-line stand.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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With Mary Schapiro testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, the Project on Government Oversight has released some toughly-worded questions for her.
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No matter how courageous I tried to be in jails and (penal) colonies all over Russia, but after the 9th of July I had really to pull myself together toughly, so that, quite trivially, my handwriting would be readable, and my thoughts would stop being like disorderly rabble.
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"We have to do everything we can to try to repeal this bill," Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell toughly insisted, "and replace it with common sense reforms to bring down the cost of health care."
Robert J. Elisberg: Where There's a Will, There's Away Robert J. Elisberg 2010
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Today's conservatives have translated that into "Talk toughly while toting a tiny twig".
Reese Schonfeld: Resolved: Obama's Foreign Policy Spells America's Decline 2010
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