Answer to "Harshly" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ILL , but the solution may also be STERNLY which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in USA Today).

Harshly crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
ILL	25 %	3
STERNLY	25 %	7
AGAINSTTHEGRAIN	25 %	15
DOURLY	25 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Harshly

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• raspingly
• gratingly
• severely
• severe
• brutally
• roughly
• sternly
• sharply
• sorely
• fiercely
• painfully
• bitterly

Crossword Answer definitions

ILL noun

1. (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
2. Harm or injury.
3. Evil; moral wrongfulness.
4. A physical ailment; an illness.
5. PCP, phencyclidine.

ILL adjective

1. Evil; wicked (of people).
2. Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
3. Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
4. Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
5. Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
6. Having an urge to vomit.
7. (hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
8. Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
9. Unwise; not a good idea.

ILL adverb

1. Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result ILL

• "__ Never Smile Again"
• Laid up
• Out of sorts
• Under the weather
• Feeling poorly
• Not healthy
• Not well
• Sick
• Ailing
• Hardly healthy

More clues leading to the result STERNLY

• In an unyielding fashion
• In a heavy-handed manner
• In a tough way
• In a no-nonsense manner
• How the riot act is read
• In a strict manner
• Without relenting
• With firmness
• With austerity.
• Without a smile

More clues leading to the result AGAINSTTHEGRAIN

• Contrary to one's temperament
• Irritating
• Fighting convention
• Rebelliously, perhaps (and a hint to this puzzle's four theme answers)
• Stridently
• Harshly
• Contrary to one's feelings: Phrase.
• Contrary to one's feelings.
• Contrarily
• Contrary to one's nature

More clues leading to the result DOURLY

• In a gloomy way
• Without a pleasant face
• Grimly.
• Sullenly.
• Harshly