HarshlyH'ARSHLY, adverb Roughly; in a harsh manner.1. Sourly; austerely.2. Severely; morosely; crabbedly; as, to speak or answer harshly3. Roughly; rudely; with violence; as, to treat a person harshly4. Roughly; with a grating sound; unpleasantly.It would sound harshly in her ears.