harshly
/ˈhɑːʃli/
harshly adverb: in a harsh manner; severely.
Adverb
harshly (comparative harshlier or more harshly, superlative harshliest or most harshly)
- 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
- The traveller hears me now and then,
And sometimes harshly will he speak:
‘This fellow would make weakness weak,
And melt the waxen hearts of men.’1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 35
harshly meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Kannada
harshly in Tamil
- கடுமையாக, சரியாக, குரூரமாக
harshly in Urdu
- سختی سے
harshly in Telugu
- కఠోరంగా
harshly in Kannada
- ಬೆಟ್ಟನೆ, ಬಿಚ್ಚನೆ, ಒರಟಾಗಿ, ಗಡುಸಾಗಿ, ಬಿರುಸಾಗಿ, ಪರುಷವಾಗಿ
More languagesFewer languages
- harshly in Gujarati
- કઠોરતાથી, કઠોરપણે
- harshly in Sanskrit
- भृशम् bhṛśam
Examples of harshly in a sentence
- 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.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- They judged me harshly for a few paltry actions.1968, Paul Ritchie, Confessions of a People Lover: A Novel - Page 51:
Forms of harshly
| comparative | harshlier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more harshly |
| superlative | harshliest |
| superlative | most harshly |
Origin of harshly
From harsh + -ly.
Questions about harshly
- What does harshly mean?
- Harshly means in a harsh manner; severely.
- What is harshly in Tamil?
- Harshly in Tamil is கடுமையாக, சரியாக, குரூரமாக. See Harshly meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use harshly in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is harshly?
- Harshly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce harshly?
- Harshly is pronounced /ˈhɑːʃli/ (UK).
Words near harshly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: harshly (page history and authors); harshly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); harshly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); harshly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); harshly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); harshly (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); भृशम् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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