Most of the soldiers were hardy young men. Hardy fans stuck with the team through good times and bad.
Only the hardiest pilgrims made the journey.
Recent Examples on the WebIn the winter, tender bonsai need to go indoors or in a greenhouse; hardy plants can stay outdoors as long as they're protected from drying wind and direct sun.—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2024 That northeastern place of hardy types and snowbound winters is quickly going electric, installing electric heat pumps three times faster than the national average, according to Rewiring America, a nonprofit that promotes widespread electrical adoption.—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024 These hardy souls, largely indifferent to political and economic turbulence, were the mainstay of the tourist economy during the civil war that besmirched the lives of an entire generation from the 1980s on.—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024 And both are hardy perennials that can hold their own in occasionally dry soil in the summer heat.—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2024 The similarities suggest the mechanism may be a common trigger for tuns and other forms of hardy dormancy, a phenomenon that scientists call cryptobiosis.—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024 Influenza viruses are cold-weather viruses — hardier in cold weather.—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023 Real Growth Is Coming Business owners are nothing if not a hardy bunch.—Dane Stangler, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024 Unusually hardy, the bacteria can survive refrigeration and even freezing, the Mayo Clinic says.—Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English hardi, from Anglo-French, from Old French *hardir to make hard, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English heard hard
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