Harshly
adv
adv ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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 [...]."
Adverb
- 1 in a harsh and grating manner wordnet
- 2 in a harsh or unkind manner wordnet
Example
More examples"Chokichi keenly felt that people, as they get older, forget entirely about the worries that only young people know about and that they themselves experienced in their youth; and that they nonchalantly take this convenient disposition where they judge harshly the circumstances of the young persons born of the next generation. He felt that there was truly an irreconcilable gap between the old and the young."
Etymology
From harsh + -ly.
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