CRUDELY Definition & Meaning

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adverb

in a way that lacks care, finish, polish, or completion:
That's pretty crudely done, but will serve our purposes.
The figurine is made from stone, crudely shaped, and with a great gaping mouth.
in a way that lacks subtlety, culture, refinement, or tact:
The major antagonist is a crudely drawn, over-the-top caricature.
The ground-breaking performer was crudely honest as he used taboo words and fearlessly took on many of society's sacred cows.

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Origin of crudely¹

crude ( def ) + -ly

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Hamas, to put it crudely, has one card to play in the negotiations: the hostages.

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Even a stroll around the capital, St John's, is fraught with hazards for many with an impairment, thanks to omnipresent open gutters, crudely covered drains and cracked paving.

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Or to put it more crudely, don't get into a slanging match with Team Trump because you are certain to lose.

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For a film positively obsessed with death, Perkins’ latest feature, adapted from a short story by Stephen King, has very little to say about our demise other than crudely commenting on its inevitability.

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A New Orleans TV station had to issue an apology after reporting the quarterback crudely referred to the city’s women as promiscuous and the men as “stupid.”

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