Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a harsh manner; roughly; austerely; unkindly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
harsh manner;severely .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a harsh and grating manner
- adverb in a harsh or unkind manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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But it expresses concern about what it calls harshly anti-Semitic rhetoric in some television programs.
Joels Trumpet 2009
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The only reason NOW that LGBs are punished more harshly is because of DADT.
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The only reason NOW that LGBs are punished more harshly is because of DADT.
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"Come on in hyeh an 'git supper," he called harshly to the girl, and as the boy went back up the spur, he could hear the scolding going on below, with no answer from Mavis, and he made up his mind to put an end to that some day himself.
The Heart of the Hills John Fox 1891
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"Cigars!" he called harshly to the waiter, to hide his emotion.
Strictly business: more stories of the four million O. Henry 1886
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It’s your heart and you are sharing it with us and if people feel the need to judge you harshly from a digital distance, I say they can take their mean-ole selves to the land of crashing hard drives and slow internet connections.
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In fact, it’s one professor exercising his academic freedom in harshly criticizing the Senator.
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If you are nasty to a crow, it will somehow pass this on to its children, and they to theirs, and all of them will call harshly and swoop at your head when they see you.
Crows' Flight Chris Galvin 2012
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History will judge him harshly, that is why he is trying to re-write it.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I do recall harshly dissenting from his vision for America and his voting record in the State Senate and in Congress.
NC-13: GOPers TV Ad Shows Illegal Immigrant Grabbing His Crotch 2009
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