• Harshly

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈhɑːʃli/

    Origin

    From harsh + -ly.

    Full definition of harshly

    Adverb

    harshly

    1. In a harsh manner; severely.
      • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.193:Yet, if I name my guilt, 't is not to boast,
        None can deem harshlier of me than I deem ....
      • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 7, The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. … It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
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