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Harshly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Roughly; in a harsh manner.

2. Sourly; austerely.

3. Severely; morosely; crabbedly; as, to speak or answer harshly

4. Roughly; rudely; with violence; as, to treat a person harshly

5. Roughly; with a grating sound; unpleasantly.

6. It would sound harshly in her ears.

Harshly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.

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Genesis 16:6

But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.

Genesis 42:7

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”

Genesis 42:30

The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

Leviticus 25:43

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

Leviticus 25:46

And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.

Leviticus 25:53

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

Judges 4:3

And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

1 Samuel 20:10

Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?

Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

1 Kings 12:13

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

2 Chronicles 10:13

And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders

Job 39:16

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.