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roughly(adverb, badly, severely, vigorously)
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severely(adverb, badly, severely, vigorously)
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sternly(adverb, badly, severely)
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hard(adverb, badly, severely, firmly, hardly)
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hardly(adverb, badly, severely, vigorously)
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toughly(adverb, difficultly)
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badly(adverb, severely, vigorously, extremely, hardly)
6
cruelly(adverb, sternly, unkindly, nastily)
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sharply(adverb, severely, sternly, crudely)
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acutely(adverb, badly, severely, sternly)
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critically(adverb, badly, severely, sternly)
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unforgivingly(adverb, punitively)
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punitively
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