Harshly

Quick meaning: Harshly is an adverb meaning In a harsh manner; severely.

Meaning

In a harsh manner; severely.

Example Sentences

Yet, if I name my guilt, 't is not to boast, / None can deem harshlier of me than I deem [...].

The traveller hears me now and then, ⁠And sometimes harshly will he speak: ⁠‘This fellow would make weakness weak, And melt the waxen hearts of men.’

Oh, those cruel and blitheless asses! Did they know my thoughts, my dreams, as I searched the sweet mystery of myself for the hidden meaning of my life? They did not. They judged me harshly for a few paltry actions.

Clinton said she is has grown “very disappointed and sorry that Christianity, which has such great love at its core, is sometimes used to condemned so quickly and judge so harshly when I think part of the message that I certainly have tried to understand and live with is to look at yourself first.”

Word Forms

• harshlier
• harshliest

Synonyms for harshly

Depending on context, synonyms include raspingly, gratingly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include raspingly, gratingly, severely, severe, brutally, roughly.

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