This software held strong to a barrage of attempts to bypass it. This is the level of security that people in offices or in other public settings crave.
(1)"hold" is a verb, why "strong", but not "strongly"
(2)If "to" is replaced with "against", Does the sentence mean differently ?
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strong=strongly in AmE hold strong against would work too, IMO
— Marius Hancu
strong=strongly in AmE hold strong against would work too, IMO
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