harshlyadv.
/ˈhɑːʃli/, U.S. /ˈhɑrʃli/ In a harsh or disagreeably rough manner; roughly, rudely, discordantly, unpleasantly, severely, unfeelingly, etc.: see the adjective.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adverb] > roughly or violently
unbesorrowlya1225
foulc1275
rowc1325
boistouslyc1386
rabbishlya1387
renishlyc1400
boistlyc1460
rudec1460
harshlyc1480
boisterly1520
roughly1560
rapfully1582
boisterouslya1586
thuggishly1887
the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adverb] > inexorably
harshly1599
inexorably1610
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adverb]
rudelya1375
untunably1504
hoarselya1529
jarringly1583
harshly1599
unmusically1609
disharmoniously1664
hoarse1709
unmelodiously1739
unharmoniously1783
raucously1852
raggedly1854
dissonously1866
uneuphoniously1882
untunefully1884
c1480 (a1400) St. Margaret 437 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 59 Þe maydine..hynt hyme harskly be þe hare.
1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 32 Althoughe yt sholde be improperlye or harsely applied.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 7 'Twill sound harshly in her eares. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 537 Like ripe Fruit..Gatherd, not harshly pluckt. View more context for this quotation
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 503 Truths Not harshly thundered forth, or rudely pressed.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 214 A harsh code harshly enforced.
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