1. hardy - Noun
2. hardy - Adjective
3. hardy - Adjective Satellite
4. Hardy - Proper noun
Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
Strong; firm; compact.
Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
Able to withstand the cold of winter.
A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and national politics, I dreamt of becoming a librarian. Alberto Manguel
There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her. Carly Simon
But the idea of a man making his living by writing seemed, in that hardy environment, so fantastic that even today I am sometimes myself assailed by a feeling of unreality. Robert E. Howard
Sharks are hardy creatures, but they do not thrive on public transportation. Dave Barry
Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food. Welsh Proverb
It will be fool's hardy for the ant to chase an elephant. African Proverb