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harshlier

harshlier is the comparative form of harshly.

Meaning of harshly

Adverb

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

  1. In a harsh manner; severely.
    • Yet, if I name my guilt, 't is not to boast, / None can deem harshlier of me than I deem [...].1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, stanza 193

Questions about harshlier

What is harshlier the comparative form of?
Harshlier is the comparative form of harshly.

Words near harshlier in the dictionary

  1. harshing down
  2. harshish
  3. Harshit
  4. Harshita
  5. Harshitha
  6. harshlier
  7. harshliest
  8. harshly
  9. Harshman
  10. Harshmans
  11. harshness

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