hardy
adjective
capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong.
hardier
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comparativeof hardy.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Eventually, the noise came back, and the national sense of shared shock and grief morphed into something uglier, hardier, and less focused.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Meanwhile, scientists are looking for hardier cardamom varieties.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025
Cartoonish horseplay would have gotten a hardier laugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
These conditions led to slow-growing tall trees with deeper rooting systems able to access the water, making them hardier in the face of drought, Chen said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
There were miles of pastures and tens of miles of wasted, washed-out land abandoned to the hardier weeds.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
