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Definition of Harshly

1. Adverb. In a harsh or unkind manner. "`That's enough!,' he cut in harshly"

2. Adverb. In a harsh and grating manner. "Her voice fell gratingly on our ears"

Definition of Harshly

1. adv. In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.

Definition of Harshly

1. Adverb. In a harsh manner; severely. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Harshly

1. harsh [adv] - See also: harsh

Lexicographical Neighbors of Harshly

harrying harse harses harsh harshed harshen harshened harshening harshens harsher

harshes harshest harshing harshlier harshliest harshly (current term) harshness harshnesses harslet harslets

harstigite hart hart's-ear hart's-tongue hart's-tongue fern hart's ear hart-tongue hartal hartals hartbees

Literary usage of Harshly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Sales of Personal Property by Francis Marion Burdick (1913)
"The New York Rule may operate harshly. — In the case last referred to, the New York rule operated harshly towards the plaintiffs, the sellers of a steamboat ..."

2. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1844)
"These words came harshly to Ulysses' ear, And with a frowning look, what's this, said he, Are we not making all the haste we can ? 335 Telemachus his father ..."

3. Narrative of Military Operations, Directed, During the Late War Between the by Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1874)
"Letter from the President, commenting harshly on my Military Conduct.—My Reply to it.—Congress calls for the Correspondence.— My Letter not furnished. ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... to have been harshly treated by his parents, who were angered at his youthful extravagance. On 15 May, 1599, he was admitted at Gray s Inn, ..."

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