adjective (ā + gāḷha 1; cp. Sk. samāgāḍhaṃ] strong, hard, harsh, rough (of speech), usually in instr. as adv āgāḷhena roughly, harshly aN.i.283, aN.i.295; Pp.32 (so to be read for agāḷhena, although Pp-a.215 has a˚, but explains by atigāḷhena vacanena); instr. f. āgāḷhāya Vin.v.122 (ceteyya; Bdhgh. on p. 230 reads āgaḷāya and explains by daḷhabhāvāya). See also Ne.77 (āgāḷhā paṭipadā a rough path), Ne.95 (id.; variant reading agāḷhā).