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Definition: Crudely |
CrudelyAdverb1. In a crude or unrefined manner; "he was crudely bold". 2. In a crude and unskilled manner; "an inexpertly constructed lean-to". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "crudely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1872. (references) |
Synonyms: CrudelySynonyms: artlessly (adv), inexpertly (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Crudely |
| English words defined with "crudely": barbaric ♦ neoexpressionism. (references) |
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 | Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, rather crudely depicting the appearance of these ships and others of their class. Credit: NAVY. |  | After 6"/47 gun turrets of USS Columbia (CL-56) firing, during the night bombardment of Japanese facilities in the Shortlands that covered landings on Bougainville. This photograph has been rather crudely retouched to eliminate radar antennas on gun directors and masthead. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Worker Rights | Togo | They were fed poorly, crudely clothed, and inadequately cared for, and were neither educated nor permitted to learn a trade. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Crudely" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Crudely" is used about 238 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 238 | 19,410 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "crudely": crudely-carved, crudely-drawn, crudely-duplicated, crudely-executed, crudely-lettered, crudely-lit, crudely-penned. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "crudely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 粗暴地. (various references) | ||||||||||
Czech | neumìle, nejapnì, hulvátsky (rowdily), hrubì (grossly, roughly, roundly, rudely). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | ungehobelt (boorish, coarsely, crude, ignorant, ignorantly, mannerless, Randy, rough, rough and ready!, unceremonious, uncouth, unplaned, unpolished). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | crudamente, rudemente (rough). (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 조잡하게 (Cursorily). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | udelycray грубо (brusquely, glaringly, grossly, huskily, roughly). (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Crudely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Carduelis, caudley, cradly, Credfl, Creelie, Creely, Crivelli, Crudele, cruely, Cruidlin, Crunella, curdil, curdly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "crudely" (pronounced kruw"dlē) |
| 5 | -r uw" d l ē | rudely, shrewdly. |
| 3 | -d l ē | absurdly, acidly, admittedly, advisedly, allegedly, assertedly, assuredly, avidly, avowedly, awkwardly, badly, baldly, belatedly, blandly, blindly, boldly, broadly, candidly, coldly, contentedly, cowardly, cuddly, dastardly, deadly, decidedly, deservedly, determinedly, Diddley, doggedly, downwardly, evenhandedly, excitedly, fondly, friendly, gladly, godly, goodly, grandly, guardedly, haphazardly, hardly, heatedly, hurriedly, idly, inwardly, kindly, loudly, madly, markedly, medley, mildly, niggardly, oddly, otherworldly, outwardly, placidly, pointedly, profoundly, proudly, purportedly, rapidly, repeatedly, reportedly, reputedly, Ridley, rigidly, roundly, ruggedly, sadly, secondly, solidly, soundly, splendidly, straightforwardly, stupidly, supposedly, thirdly, timidly, unabashedly, unashamedly, undoubtedly, unexpectedly, unfriendly, ungodly, unprecedentedly, upwardly, validly, vividly, weirdly, wholeheartedly, wickedly, widely, wildly, worldly, wretchedly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-l-r-u-y" | |
-1 letter: curdle, curled, decury, rudely. | |
-2 letters: clued, crude, cruel, curdy, cured, curly, cyder, decry, lucre, lured, redly, ruled, ulcer. | |
-3 letters: clue, crud, cued, curd, cure, curl, duce, duel, duly, dure, dyer, ecru, leud, luce, lude, lure, lyre, rely, rude, rued, rule, ruly, yeld, yule. | |
-4 letters: cel, cry, cud, cue, cur, del, dey, dry, due, dye. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-l-r-u-y" | |
+1 letter: cursedly, curvedly. | |
+2 letters: credulity, reducibly. | |
+3 letters: accursedly, cloudberry, decorously. | |
+4 letters: credulously, incredulity, irreducibly, reductively, scoundrelly. | |
+5 letters: cadaverously, curmudgeonly, discursively, diuretically, indecorously, procedurally, productively, pronouncedly, radiolucency, reducibility, reproducibly. | |
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