Meanings
comparative more crudely · superlative most crudely
- In a crude manner.
Her features had been crudely handsome, too, like Millie's, but booze had splodged their outlines.
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 1592 more examples
Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLCMr Netanyahu also called Mr Shapiro’s observations “unacceptable”. The ambassador too was accused of demonstrating a “double standard” and was crudely dismissed by a former Mr Netanyahu aide as a “little Jew boy” courting favour.
2016 February 6, James Zogby, “Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace”, in The National, archived from the original on 22 May 2021, retrieved 08 Feb 2016
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a crude and unskilled manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*krewh₂-
- Proto-Italic[Term?]
- Latincrūdus
- Middle Englishcrude
- Englishcrude
- Englishcrudely
Translations
Bulgarian грубо, рязко
- грубо (grubo)Translations
- рязко (rjazko)Translations
French crûment
- crûmentTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with crudely
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crudely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crudely
“crudely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crudely. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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