Hard-edged

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    tough and unsentimental

    "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."

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"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."

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