The phrase "a relatively harsh" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is moderately severe or strict in nature, often in comparison to something else.
Example: "The climate in the region is a relatively harsh environment for agriculture."
Alternatives: "somewhat severe" or "fairly tough".
He grew up in Queens, New York: outside was a "relatively harsh environment, neighbourhood-wise"; inside "a home that had love and creativity and respect".
Still, a series of layoffs over the years and the plant's final closing took a relatively harsh toll on this 2.3-square-mile village of some 10,000 people, where the G.M. site represents 7percentt of the land mass.
When Soviet forces attacked Finland in December 1939, he served as commander in chief, and his brilliant leadership won considerable successes against vast numerical superiority, but the end result was defeat, resulting in a relatively harsh peace settlement in 1940.
To critics, this seemed like a move to extend the policy of France which takes a relatively harsh view of small religious groups and has an agency dedicated to countering them across the whole of Europe.
Charles Ponzi ($2 million, five years, 1920s) rated a relatively harsh 3.6.
Mastering a pastoral system in a relatively harsh environment is something to be recognized (Krätli and Schareika [2010]).
Satellites in HEO are exposed to a relatively harsher radiation environment than LEO and GEO.
According to Gould [ 10], lignocellulosic biomass requires a long pretreatment time, relatively harsh conditions, and a high ·OH concentration because of the relatively tight structure of lignocellulose.
The target of such processes is a shift away from relatively harsh thermochemical treatments through the identification of biological (microbial and enzymatic) pathways capable of reducing pretreatment severity.
Moreover, the newly developed devices demonstrate a dramatically enhanced durability under ambient atmosphere and a promising thermal stability in relatively harsh condition.
In a Canadian climate, daily exposure for a full year seems unlikely because of the relatively harsh winter.
