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Harshly


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.