Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

working hard or hardly working

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
work-ing hard or hard-ly -work-ing
IPA
53
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Used as a question to point out the listener's laziness.

Humorous; Informal

Usage

Questions

What does working hard or hardly working mean?
Used as a question to point out the listener's laziness.

How to pronounce working hard or hardly working

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