H'ARSHLY, adverb Roughly; in a harsh manner. 1. Sourly; austerely. 2. Severely; morosely; crabbedly; as, to speak or answer harshly 3. Roughly; rudely; with violence; as, to treat a person harshly 4. Roughly; with a grating sound; unpleasantly. It would sound harshly in her ears.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI