harshly
/ˈhɑːʃli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Yet, if I name my guilt, 't is not to boast, / None can deem harshlier of me than I deem [...]."
- "The traveller hears me now and then, And sometimes harshly will he speak: ‘This fellow would make weakness weak, And melt the waxen hearts of men.’"
- "The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one."
- "Oh, those cruel and blitheless asses! Did they know my thoughts, my dreams, as I searched the sweet mystery of myself for the hidden meaning of my life? They did not. They judged me harshly for a few paltry actions."
- "Clinton said she is has grown “very disappointed and sorry that Christianity, which has such great love at its core, is sometimes used to condemned so quickly and judge so harshly when I think part of the message that I certainly have tried to understand and live with is to look at yourself first.”"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈhɑːʃli/
Inflected Forms
harshlier (comparative)
more harshly (comparative)
harshliest (superlative)
most harshly (superlative)