crudely

crude·ly
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UK/ˈkɹuːdli/Canada, US/ˈkɹudli/Australia, New Zealand/ˈkɹʉːdli/

adverb

In a crude manner.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adverbcrudely (comparative more crudely, superlative most crudely)

comparative more crudely · superlative most crudely

  1. 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 159
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    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, →OCLC

    Mr 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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*krewh₂-
  2. Proto-Italic[Term?]
  3. Latincrūdus
  4. Middle Englishcrude
  5. Englishcrude
  6. Englishcrudely

From crude + -ly.

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Translations

Bulgarian грубо, рязко
  • грубо (grubo)Translations
  • рязко (rjazko)Translations
French crûment
  • crûmentTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

crudely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crudely

MLA

“crudely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crudely. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crudely,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crudely.

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