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PRONUNCIATION OF TOUGH-MINDEDLY

tough-mindedly  [ˌtʌfˈmaɪndɪdlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOUGH-MINDEDLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tough-Mindedly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES TOUGH-MINDEDLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tough-mindedly in the English dictionary

The definition of tough-mindedly in the dictionary is in a tough-minded manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOUGH-MINDEDLY


absent-mindedly
ˌæbsəntˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
bloody-mindedly
ˌblʌdɪˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
broad-mindedly
ˌbrɔːdˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
candidly
ˈkændɪdlɪ
evil-mindedly
ˌiːv əlˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
feeble-mindedly
ˌfiːbəlˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
high-mindedly
ˌhaɪˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
large-mindedly
ˌlɑːdʒˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
like-mindedly
ˌlaɪkˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
long-windedly
ˌlɒŋˈwɪndɪdlɪ
narrow-mindedly
ˌnærəʊˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
open-mindedly
ˌəʊpənˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
right-mindedly
ˌraɪtˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
simple-mindedly
ˌsɪmpəlˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
single-handedly
ˌsɪŋɡəlˈhændɪdlɪ
single-mindedly
ˌsɪŋɡəlˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
small-mindedly
ˌsmɔːlˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
splendidly
ˈsplendɪdlɪ
strong-mindedly
ˌstrɒŋˈmaɪndɪdlɪ
weak-mindedly
ˌwiːkˈmaɪndɪdlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOUGH-MINDEDLY

touchwood
touchy
touchy-feeliness
touchy-feely
tough
tough cookie
tough guy
tough love
tough titty
tough-minded
tough-mindedness
toughen
toughened glass
toughener
toughie
toughish
toughly
toughness
Toul
touladi

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOUGH-MINDEDLY

addedly
allegedly
bullheadedly
cold-bloodedly
concededly
confoundedly
decidedly
degradedly
dividedly
even-handedly
fadedly
guardedly
high-handedly
lopsidedly
misguidedly
one-sidedly
secludedly
undecidedly
underhandedly
undividedly
unguardedly

Synonyms and antonyms of tough-mindedly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tough-mindedly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOUGH-MINDEDLY

Find out the translation of tough-mindedly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tough-mindedly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tough-mindedly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

坚韧一心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

duro con la mente
570 millions of speakers

English

tough-mindedly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सख्त mindedly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صعبة الذهن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жесткая целенаправленно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

difícil e exclusivamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শক্ত-mindedly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

difficile résolument
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungguh-sungguh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hart zielstrebig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タフひたすら
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

힘든 한결같이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Angel-mindedly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khó khăn đãng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடுமையான முனைப்புடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कडक मनाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sert-istikrar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dura risolutamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trudne umysłem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жорстка цілеспрямовано
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

greu obsedat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκληρή - mindedly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

taai doelgerig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tuff spritt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tøff fraværende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tough-mindedly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOUGH-MINDEDLY»

The term «tough-mindedly» is barely ever used and occupies the 211.307 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOUGH-MINDEDLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tough-mindedly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tough-mindedly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tough-mindedly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOUGH-MINDEDLY»

Discover the use of tough-mindedly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tough-mindedly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Law and Morality: Readings in Legal Philosophy
Of course, there are independent reasons for wanting to define freedom tough- mindedly. In particular there is the immense influence of the anti-metaphysical, materialist, natural-science-oriented temper of thought in our civilization. Something ...
David Dyzenhaus, Sophia Reibetanz Moreau, Arthur Ripstein, 2007
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On Human Nature: A Gathering While Everything Flows, 1967-1984
Jeremy Bentham would deal with considerations of this sort, perhaps not tough- mindedly but at least matter-of-factly thus: All our psychological ideas are derived from physical ones — all mental from corporeal ones. In no other manner can ...
Kenneth Burke, William Howe Rueckert, Angelo Bonadonna, 2003
3
Human Rights Ethics: A Rational Approach
greater help tender-mindedly out of pity for the weak, but tough-mindedly out of our interest in possible enlightenment by those receiving assistance. In human rights ethics, we assert that, as a matter of principle, we should try to help others by ...
Clark Butler, 2008
4
comrades in art: revolutionary art in america 1926-1938
... became more serious Calverton urged artists to seek revolutionary solutions to the crisis; in 1932 he outlines the two possible responses an artist has to the ' present crisis': ally himself with the old world, either by accepting it tough- mindedly ...
francis booth, 2002
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Asylia: Territorial Inviolability in the Hellenistic World
Hence, especially regarding the cities' clamor for Roman confirmation, the speculation that wealth accrued to places that were allowed to receive fugitives, as in the Aradus story.80 Of this proposition we may tough-mindedly ask for a cost ...
Kent J. Rigsby, 1996
6
Common Sense School Reform
Their handiwork rested on the assumption that it is not enough to trust human goodness and that it is foolhardy to trust overmuch in the imperfect virtue of man. Our democratic institutions tough-mindedly harness vices like ambition, skepticism, ...
Frederick M. Hess, 2006
7
Contemporary Thought and Politics
... is not accompanied by any corresponding consistency of attitude and feeling. The society which is declared rotten is also solicited for support, and failure to receive it, or enough of it, is bitterly resented rather than tough- mindedly expected.
Ernest Gellner, 2003
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An Eye for An I: Living Philosophy
While the rejection of scientific psychology is liberating for those who see it as inconsistent with human freedom, existentialism is too tough-mindedly optimistic for others because the tough-minded emphasis on responsibility compromises the ...
Robert Spillane, 2008
9
Personality and Performance: Foundations for Managerial ...
Whilst the rejection of scientific psychology is liberating for those who see it as inconsistent with human freedom purposive psychology is, it seems, too tough- mindedly optimistic for others. In our culture of complaint, as Robert Hughes ( 1984) ...
Robert Spillane, John Martin, 2005
10
An Eye for an I: Living Philosophy: Easyread Super Large ...
While the rejection of scientific psychology is liberating for those who see it as inconsistent with human freedom, existentialism is too tough- mindedly optimistic for others because the tough-minded emphasis on responsibility compromises the ...
Robert Spillane, 2008

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOUGH-MINDEDLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tough-mindedly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sorry, wonks: Gut instinct rules, whether in global diplomacy or in …
Cover him tough-mindedly, a line of thought goes, and he'll disappear. But UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck reminded me of scads of research on the ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
2
Summer reading secrets
This positively romantic, tough-mindedly non-censorious story of two servicemen who fall in love with one another during World War II was the first gay-themed ... «New Statesman, Aug 14»
3
Are Novelists Too Wary of Criticizing Other Novelists?
A hardy few are prepared to engage tough-mindedly with the work of their peers — Geoff Dyer, for example, or John Banville, or Cathleen Schine, or the late, ... «New York Times, Sep 13»
4
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFM): What's Behind The Decision To …
Are they, on balance, tough-mindedly dedicated to better health and even activism, or are they are merely following and then abandoning trends: from the $1000 ... «Market Daily News, Mar 13»

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