crudely

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US /ˈkɹudli/ UK /ˈkɹuːdli/
adv Freq #44013

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a crude or unrefined manner

    The new president was crudely bold.

  2. 2
    adv

    In a crude manner.

    Her features had been crudely handsome, too, like Millie's, but booze had splodged their outlines.

  3. 3
    adv

    in a crude and unskilled manner

Etymology

From crude + -ly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adv · in a crude and unskilled... artlesslyinexpertly

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