What does overharshly mean?
Overharshly means In an excessively harsh manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In an excessively harsh manner..
His early dreams haunted him like reproaches; and every morning he rose with the full purpose of pursuing some more settled plan: but he lacked motive, he had no one dependent on his industry; and every day he grew to care less and less for hopes, that he now overharshly held to be illusions.
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Overharshly means In an excessively harsh manner..
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His early dreams haunted him like reproaches; and every morning he rose with the full purpose of pursuing some more settled plan: but he lacked motive, he had no one dependent on his industry; and every day he grew to care less and less for hopes, that he now overharshly held to be illusions.
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