harshly

H`ARSHLY, adv. Roughly; in a harsh manner.

1. Sourly; austerely.

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

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

4. Roughly; with a grating sound; unpleasantly.

It would sound harshly in her ears.