Harshly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Harshly \Harsh"ly\, adv.
     In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           'T will sound harshly in her ears.       --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  harshly
       adv 1: in a harsh or unkind manner; "`That's enough!,' he cut in
              harshly"
       2: in a harsh and grating manner; "her voice fell gratingly on
          our ears" [syn: {gratingly}, {raspingly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "harshly":
     abruptly, austerely, badly, bearishly, bluffly, bluntly, boorishly,
     brashly, brusquely, cavalierly, churlishly, cruelly, crustily,
     curtly, grimly, gruffly, hardly, heartlessly, inclemently,
     inexorably, mercilessly, nastily, painfully, pitilessly,
     relentlessly, remorselessly, rigorously, roughly, ruggedly,
     ruthlessly, severely, sharply, shortly, snippily, sternly,
     strictly, stringently, toughly, uncompassionately, unforgivingly,
     unmercifully, unremorsefully, unsparingly, unsympathetically,
     unyieldingly