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# harshly

«harshly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a cruel, unkind or too strict way: treated harshly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (harshly, more harshly, most harshly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a cruel, unkind or too strict way: treated harshly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harshly/#m1)

2) In a rough, unpleasant way to the senses: a light shining harshly, a voice sounding harshly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harshly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories about strict teachers, cruel rulers or unfair punishment; in everyday life when someone is judged too strictly. Phrases: speak harshly, treat harshly, judge harshly, punish harshly.

### examples

- The cruel king treated his servants harshly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harshly/#x1)
- Don't judge yourself too harshly, everyone makes mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harshly/#x2)
- The coach spoke harshly to the team after the loss. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harshly/#x3)
- The light shone harshly in my eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harshly/#x4)
- The thief was punished harshly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harshly/#x5)
- The wind blew harshly across the moor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harshly/#x6)
- She, however, treated him so harshly that he dared not live there altogether. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harshly/#x7)

### note

Adverb from harsh + -ly. Noun: harshness. Opposite: gently, kindly.

### In the corpora

- [These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.469/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «harshly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harshly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.