Harshly vs Abruptly - What's the difference?
harshly | abruptly |
In a harsh manner; severely.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I.193:
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As adverbs the difference between harshly and abruptly
is that harshly is in a harsh manner; severely while abruptly is in an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously .harshly
English
Adverb
(er)- Yet, if I name my guilt, 't is not to boast, / None can deem harshlier of me than I deem [...].
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=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.}}