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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Harshly \Harsh"ly\, adverb In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.
'T will sound harshly in her ears. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
harshly
adverb
1: in a harsh or unkind manner; "'That's enough!,' he cut in harshly"
2: in a harsh and grating manner; "her voice fell gratingly on our ears" [syn: {gratingly}, {raspingly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "harshly": abruptly, austerely, badly, bearishly, bluffly, bluntly, boorishly, brashly, brusquely, cavalierly, churlishly, cruelly, crustily, curtly, grimly, gruffly, hardly, heartlessly, inclemently, inexorably, mercilessly, nastily, painfully, pitilessly, relentlessly, remorselessly, rigorously, roughly, ruggedly, ruthlessly, severely, sharply, shortly, snippily, sternly, strictly, stringently, toughly, uncompassionately, unforgivingly, unmercifully, unremorsefully, unsparingly, unsympathetically, unyieldingly
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