HARSHLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does harshly mean? 

• HARSHLY (adverb)
  The adverb HARSHLY has 2 senses:

1. in a harsh or unkind manner

2. in a harsh and grating manner

  Familiarity information: HARSHLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARSHLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a harsh or unkind manner

Context example:

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

Pertainym:

harsh (unkind or cruel or uncivil)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a harsh and grating manner

Synonyms:

gratingly; harshly; raspingly

Context example:

her voice fell gratingly on our ears

Pertainym:

harsh (unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses)

 Context examples 

If I judged harshly of other people's mistakes in marriage, it may have been because I had bitter reason to judge harshly of my own.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"Leave him alone," Hans commanded harshly, in a strange voice.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I know that he has done no harm and that you will be sorry for having acted so harshly.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Sir,” he corrected, not harshly, but sternly.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Do not think very harshly of me, laddie.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Away!" he cried harshly; "keep at a distance, child; or go in to Sophie!"

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Elinor scolded him, harshly as ladies always scold the imprudence which compliments themselves, for having spent so much time with them at Norland, when he must have felt his own inconstancy.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Almost as quickly as it came the head went back to the body, and the man laughed harshly as he said, "It isn't as easy as you think!"

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"Why didn't you dare it before?" he asked harshly.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

An instant later steps crept down the passage—steps which were meant to be silent, but which reverberated harshly through the empty house.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)