Usually means: In a severe, strict manner.
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  1. harshly: Merriam-Webster
  2. harshly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. harshly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. harshly: Vocabulary.com
  5. Harshly, harshly: Wordnik
  6. harshly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. harshly: Wiktionary
  8. Harshly, harshly: Dictionary.com
  9. harshly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Harshly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. harshly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. harshly: Rhymezone
  13. Harshly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. harshly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. harshly: FreeDictionary.org
  16. harshly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. harshly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. harshly: Legal dictionary

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  1. Harshly: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a harsh manner; severely.

Similar:
raspingly, gratingly, hardly, searingly, sharply, hardhandedly, severely, abrasively, toughly, brutely, more...

Opposite:
gently, softly, mildly

Types:
rudely, abruptly, bluntly, candidly, frankly, honestly, tactlessly, more...

Phrases:
criticized harshly, say harshly, tease harshly, said harshly, criticize harshly, more...

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Similar:
raspingly, gratingly, hardly, searingly, sharply, hardhandedly, severely, abrasively, toughly, brutely, more...

Opposite:
gently, softly, mildly

Types:
rudely, abruptly, bluntly, candidly, frankly, honestly, tactlessly, more...

Phrases:
criticized harshly, say harshly, tease harshly, said harshly, criticize harshly, replied harshly, screech harshly, treat harshly, rub harshly, whisper harshly, to criticize harshly, criticizing harshly, more...

Colors:
    neon green,     electric blue,     hot pink,     vivid orange,     stark white, more...



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