vulgarly

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adverb

In a vulgar manner; obscenely or unrefinedly.

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Meanings

adverbvulgarly (comparative more vulgarly, superlative most vulgarly)

comparative more vulgarly · superlative most vulgarly

  1. In a vulgar manner; obscenely or unrefinedly.

    Rosemary peeled off Sloane Square, Hartnell, decorations-will-be-worn, fog primroses, crumpets by the fire, and let fly vulgarly at Vythilingam.

    1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 498

    Synonyms: brusquely, rudely, uncivilly, uncouthly

  2. In the manner of the common people.

    The last, the knotted fucus, which has long slender stalks, leaves small, bulbs or vesicles in the middle of the stalks, vulgarly called eelwrack, is most esteemed by our kelp-makers.

    1809, The Tradesman, volume 3, page 1

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a vulgar manner; obscenely or unrefinedly.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin a smutty manner

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Origin

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Chicago

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