harshly

English

Etymology

From harsh +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːʃli/

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Adverb

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

1. In a harsh manner; severely.
   • 1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, stanza 193:

     Yet, if I name my guilt, 't is not to boast, / None can deem harshlier of me than I deem [...].

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 35:

     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.’

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. 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.

   • 1968, Paul Ritchie, Confessions of a People Lover: A Novel - Page 51:

     Oh, those cruel and blitheless asses! Did they know my thoughts, my dreams, as I searched the sweet mystery of myself for the hidden meaning of my life? They did not. They judged me harshly for a few paltry actions.

   • 2016 January 25, Dan Merica, quoting Hillary Clinton, “In personal exchange, Clinton laments using faith to ‘judge so harshly’”, in CNN‎:

     Clinton said she is has grown “very disappointed and sorry that Christianity, which has such great love at its core, is sometimes used to condemned so quickly and judge so harshly when I think part of the message that I certainly have tried to understand and live with is to look at yourself first.”

Translations

in a harsh manner; severely

Bulgarian: рязко (bg) (rjazko) Czech: přísně, krutě Finnish: karkeasti (fi), tylysti (fi), julmasti (fi), ankarasti (fi), vakavasti (fi), karskisti (fi) Georgian: უხეშად (uxešad) German: harsch (de) Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐌱𐌰 (harduba) Italian: aspramente (it), severamente (it), duramente (it) Latin: asperē Polish: bezwzględnie (pl) Romanian: sever (ro), dur (ro), cu asprime Russian: ре́зко (ru) (rézko), суро́во (ru) (suróvo)