rudely
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English rudely, rudeliche, equivalent to rude + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɹuːdli/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːdli
Adverb
[edit]rudely (comparative more rudely, superlative most rudely)
- In a rude manner.
- 2008 June 1, Nicholson Baker, “Sex and the City (Circa 1840)”, in The New York Times[1]:
- 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.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]in a rude manner
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