hard (adv.)
with difficulty, not easily
AYL III.ii.304[Rosalind as Ganymede to Orlando, of Time] he trots hard with a young maid between the contract of her marriage and the day it is solemnized [i.e. trots laboriously]
Oth I.ii.10[Iago to Othello, of Roderigo] he prated / And spoke such scurvy and provoking terms / Against your honour, / That ... / I did full hard forbear him
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