Definitions for harshly
harsh·ly

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1. harshlyadverb

   in a harsh or unkind manner

   "`That's enough!,' he cut in harshly"

2. gratingly, raspingly, harshlyadverb

   in a harsh and grating manner

   "her voice fell gratingly on our ears"

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1. harshlyadverb

   In a harsh manner; severely.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harshlyadjective

   Etymology: from harsh.

   1. Sourly; austerely to the palate, as unripe fruit.2. With violence; in opposition to gentleness, unless in the following passage it rather signifies unripely.

   ’Till, like ripe fruit, thou drop
   Into thy mother’s lap; or be with ease
   Gather’d, not harshly pluck’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi.

   3. Severely; morosely; crabbedly.

   I would rather he was a man of a rough temper, that would treat me harshly, than of an effeminate nature. Addison.

   4. Ruggedly to the ear.

   My wife is in a wayward mood to-day:
   I tell you, ’twould sound harshly in her ears. William Shakespeare.

   Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
   Grating so harshly all his days of quiet
   With turbulent and dang’rous lunacy. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   A hollow groan, a murm’ring wind arose;
   The rings of iron that on the doors were hung,
   Sent out a jarring sound, and harshly rung. John Dryden, Fables.

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1. harshly

   Harshly refers to behaving or acting in a severe, cruel, or extremely critical way, often characterized by intense negativity or sternness. It can also refer to things that are unpleasantly rough, jarring to the senses, or cause discomfort.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harshlyadverb

   in a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of harshly in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of harshly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of harshly in a Sentence

1. Dag Hammarskjöld:

   The UN is not just a product of do-gooders. It is harshly real. The day will come when men will see the U.N. and what it means clearly. Everything will be all right -- you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction, and see it as a drawing they made themselves.

2. Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville:

   In the South where slavery still exists, the Negroes are less carefully kept apart they sometimes share the labors and the recreations of the whites the whites consent to intermix with them to a certain extent, and although legislation treats them more harshly, the habits of the people are more tolerant and compassionate.

3. Hasan Cemal:

   Erdogan has to date never held a real press conference, because he never wished to take and answer questions from those opposing him ... Even the coup leaders including Evren held press conferences, i harshly criticized Turgut Ozal. He still allowed me on his plane for trips, invited us to his press conferences and engaged in fiery debates with me and other opposition journalists. Even the second-class democracy of those times was better than today.

4. Susan Tellem:

   There has been a tremendous amount of news coverage and expressed feelings by politicians and Hollywood celebrities themselves about income inequality, higher taxes on the rich and redistribution of wealth, because of these recent discussions, it is likely that Hollywood figures may be judged more harshly then say five or ten years ago.

5. Mawlavi Abdullah Mohammad:

   We [ act ] with accordance to Sharia law, firstly, we inform people about good deeds. We preach to them and deliver the message to them in a nice way ; the second time we repeat to them, again ; the third time we speak to them slightly harshly.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=harshly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Harshly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=harshly
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harshly