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Harshly vs Badly - What's the difference?

harshly | badly |

As adverbs the difference between harshly and badly

is that harshly is in a harsh manner; severely while badly is in a bad manner.

As an adjective badly is

(northern england) ill, unwell.

harshly

English

Adverb

(er)
  • In a harsh manner; severely.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I.193:
    • Yet, if I name my guilt, 't is not to boast, / None can deem harshlier of me than I deem [...].
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= 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.}}

    badly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Northern England) Ill, unwell.
    • He's never badly'''''. (''He's never '''ill .)

    Adverb

  • In a bad manner.
  • Very much; to a great degree.
    • I want it so badly .

    Usage notes

    * Badly is sometimes used after feel in its copulative sense where one might expect an adjective, ie, bad. Most prescriptive grammarians prefer "I feel bad" to "I feel badly", but "I feel badly" is widely used.

    Anagrams

    * English suppletive adverbs