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Meaning of hard-edged | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

tough and unsentimental

Examples

“Duffy also manages to completely avoid⟳ sentimentality, maybe because the world in which her characters live⟳ doesn't allow⟳ much softness. Both mother and daughter have⟳ a hard-edged survival mentality, but both are able to preserve⟳ a deep ability to love⟳.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

hard-favoured hard-featured hard-fisted hard-fought hard-grained hard-handed

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