harshly

English

Etymology

From harsh +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːʃli/

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Adverb

harshly (comparative harshlier or more harshly, superlative harshliest or most harshly)

1. In a harsh manner; severely.
   • 1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, stanza 193:

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

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     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.

Translations

in a harsh manner; severely

• Bulgarian: рязко (bg) (rjazko)
• Czech: přísně, krutě
• Finnish: karkeasti (fi), tylysti (fi), julmasti (fi), ankarasti (fi), vakavasti (fi), karskisti (fi)
• Georgian: უხეშად (uxešad)
• German: harsch (de)
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐌱𐌰 (harduba)
• Italian: aspramente (it), severamente (it), duramente (it)
• Latin: asperē
• Polish: bezwzględnie (pl)
• Romanian: sever (ro), dur (ro), cu asprime
• Russian: ре́зко (ru) (rézko), суро́во (ru) (suróvo)