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harsh·ly

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. harshlyadverb

    in a harsh or unkind manner

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

    Synonyms:
    raspingly, gratingly

  2. gratingly, raspingly, harshlyadverb

    in a harsh and grating manner

    "her voice fell gratingly on our ears"

    Synonyms:
    raspingly, gratingly

PPDB, the paraphrase database3.0 / 2 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "harshly":

    severely, hard, strongly, sharply

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#4254strongly
#11616severely
#15468sharply
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How to use harshly in a sentence?

  1. Buddha, The Dharmapada:

    Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee.

  2. Isabel Lisboa:

    Roman laws seem to have been applied particularly harshly at Knobb's Farm because it was associated with supplying the Roman army, so there were many decapitations, crimes normally would have been let go, but there were probably tensions with the Roman army.

  3. Aimani Dadayeva:

    And for them (the authorities) to use him for their own ends and to accuse him so harshly? ... I don't want anybody to use us for their own ends.

  4. David Meyer:

    When protesters wear helmets or gas masks, it almost always leads to police feeling threatened and reacting more harshly. Do cars do that, too ? I don't know.

  5. Aimani Dadayeva:

    He served his so-called motherland for 12 years. They threw him into the toughest areas, into the mountains to fight insurgents. He was a model fighter with a heap of state medals, and for them (the authorities) to use him for their own ends and to accuse him so harshly? ... I don't want anybody to use us for their own ends.


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