rudely

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/ˈɹuːdli/

adverb

In a rude manner.

Similar
impolitelydiscourteously
OriginMiddle English rudely →
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Meanings

adverbrudely (comparative more rudely, superlative most rudely)

comparative more rudely · superlative most rudely

  1. In a rude manner.

    Accompanying the article was a drawing: a chambermaid gripped the long wooden handle of a warming pan that projected rudely from between a tailcoated gentleman’s legs.

    2008 June 1, Nicholson Baker, “Sex and the City (Circa 1840)”, in The New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin an impolite manner

Similar
impolitelydiscourteously
Also see
discourteouslyfreshlyimpolitelyroughlyvulgarly

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishrudely
  2. Englishrudely

From Middle English rudely, rudeliche, equivalent to rude + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan grollerament
  • grolleramentin a rude manner
Chinese Mandarin 推來推去 /推来推去
  • 推來推去 /推来推去 (tuīláituīqù)in a rude manner
Czech hrubě
  • hruběin a rude manner
Esperanto malĝentile, krude
  • malĝentilein a rude manner
  • krudein a rude manner
Finnish töykeästi
  • töykeästiin a rude manner
Greek αγενώς
  • αγενώς (agenós)in a rude manner
Hungarian durván
  • durvánin a rude manner
Icelandic dónalega
  • dónalegain a rude manner
Italian ignorantemente, villanamente
  • ignorantementein a rude manner
  • villanamentein a rude manner
  • scortesementein a rude manner
  • inurbanamentein a rude manner
  • maleducatamentein a rude manner
  • sgarbatamentein a rude manner
  • incivilmentein a rude manner
  • screanzatamentein a rude manner
  • scorrettamentein a rude manner
  • malamentein a rude manner
Latin barbarē
  • barbarēin a rude manner
Portuguese grosseiramente, rudemente
  • grosseiramentein a rude manner
  • rudementein a rude manner
  • desabridamentein a rude manner
Romanian nepoliticos, grosolan
  • nepoliticosin a rude manner
  • grosolanin a rude manner
  • obraznicin a rude manner
Russian гру́бо
  • гру́бо (grúbo)in a rude manner
Spanish groseramente
  • groseramentein a rude manner

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rudely

crudely
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Anagrams

Rudley
Cite this entry
APA

rudely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rudely

MLA

“rudely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rudely. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rudely,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rudely.

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