hard-edged
[hahrd-ejd]
- realistic and uncompromising: a hard-edged documentary.
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Origin of hard-edged
First recorded in 1950–55
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Examples from the Web for hard-edged
Contemporary Examples
A crowd came, listened, and asked some hard-edged questions.
The former George W. Bush lieutenant is getting serious blowback from the hard-edged right.
Historical Examples
Black underneath and hard-edged, they were moving up fast from the leeward!
Dan Carter and the River CampMildred A. Wirt
The beach was steep there: it would ride it until it was flung down by that fringe of toppling, hard-edged breakers.
Dodo's DaughterE. F. Benson
Soft-looking or delicate clouds foretell fine weather, with moderate or light breezes; hard-edged oily-looking clouds, wind.