In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement". She has worked (really hardly) and has no issues with fitness or her game.?

Option 2 : Really hard

The correct answer is really hard

• An adverb can be defined: A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (example, gently, quite, then, there).
• Here, replace 'hardly' with 'hard'.
• 'Hardly' denotes barely or scarcely, whereas 'hard' means 'firm/ tough'.
• Observe the difference in the use of 'hard' and 'hardly',
• Example: He works hard.
• Example: He hardly works. (means “He barely works.”)
  • We don't say: This hardly-won supremacy was not to be lost.
  • We say: This hard-won supremacy was not to be lost.

Correct sentence: She has worked really hard and has no issues with fitness or her game.