MeanOF

severely

- adverb (adv)

Meaning: harshly

Synonyms: acutely badly critically dangerously extremely firmly gravely hard hardly intensely markedly painfully rigorously roughly seriously sharply sorely sternly strictly with an iron hand
Antonyms: compassionately lightly

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