harshly

Adverb

Meaning

In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

raspingly gratingly coarsely curtly bitingly hard roughly strictly harsh badly sharply hardly abruptly adversely loudly
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Antonyms

geologically easily simply extremely closely strongly
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Phrases with the word

criticize harshly harshly unpleasant place harshly weathered speak harshly harshly disciplined treat harshly

Examples

her voice fell gratingly on our ears Source: Internet

`That's enough!,' he cut in harshly Source: Internet

Alfred Kinsey was the first researcher to harshly criticize Freud's ideas about female sexuality and orgasm when, through his interviews with thousands of women, Kinsey found that most of the women he surveyed could not have vaginal orgasms. Source: Internet

After years of censorship, Mexican newspapers took advantage of their newly found freedom of the press to criticize Madero's performance as president harshly. Source: Internet

"And once you make it as a woman, we're judged harshly as well - so it's hard to stick around, as we're more prone to being bullied and trolled." Source: Internet

A scientific study published in 2005 found that promiscuous men and women are judged equally harshly citation and a recent poll showed that both genders tend to express strong preference for sexually conservative partners. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

harshen harshish Harshit harshly disciplined harshly unpleasant place harshly weathered