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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.

See also

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