英和和英

形容詞

hard-edged (comparative more hard-edged, superlative most hard-edged)

1. tough and unsentimental
   • 1985 February 2, Andrea Freud Loewenstein, “Lust, Guilt and Authentic Lesbian Lives”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 11:

     Duffy also manages to completely avoid sentimentality, maybe because the world in which her characters live doesn't allow much softness. Both mother and daughter have a hard-edged survival mentality, but both are able to preserve a deep ability to love.