toughly

Adverb

Meaning

In a tough manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

last hard approximately heavily strongly roughly strictly rough hardly firmly abruptly violently brutally resolutely heartily

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Antonyms

easily lightly gently happily faintly cheerfully

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Examples

One musn't be misled by the amiable, bumbling persona. He is a toughly intelligent man moving confidently in any kind of surroundings from Windsor Castle to Birdland. Humphrey Lyttelton

toughly vigorous story-telling Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

toughest nut to crack toughie toughish toughminded toughmindedly toughmindedness