crude

(kro͞od)

adj. crud·er, crud·est

1. Being in an unrefined or natural state: crude cotton.

2. Lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive: a crude, mannerless oaf; a crude remark.

3. Lacking in sophistication or subtlety; simplistic: had only a crude notion of how a computer works.

4. Not carefully or skillfully made; rough: a quick, crude sketch.

5. Undisguised or unadorned; plain: must face the crude truth.

6. Statistics In an unanalyzed form; not adjusted to allow for related circumstances or data.

7. Archaic Unripe or immature.

A substance, especially petroleum, in its unrefined state.

[Middle English, from Latin crūdus; see kreuə- in Indo-European roots.]

crude′ly adv.

cru′di·ty (kro͞o′dĭ-tē), crude′ness n.

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Adv.	1.	crudely - in a crude or unrefined manner; "he was crudely bold"
	2.	crudely - in a crude and unskilled manner; "an inexpertly constructed lean-to" artlessly, inexpertly

crudely

adverb

1. roughly, basically, sketchily The donors can be split - a little crudely - into two groups.

2. simply, roughly, basically, coarsely, clumsily a crudely carved wooden form

3. vulgarly, rudely, coarsely, crassly, indecently, obscenely, lewdly, impolitely, tastelessly and yet she spoke so crudely

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Translations

trivialement

crudemente

crudely

[ˈkruːdlɪ] ADV

1. (= primitively) [carved, constructed, drawn] → toscamente, burdamente

2. (= coarsely) [speak, behave, joke, gesture] → groseramente, ordinariamente
to put it crudely → hablando en plata

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crudely

[ˈkruːdli] adv

(in basic terms) → sommairement
put crudely, ..., to put it crudely, ... → pour parler crûment, ...

(= simply) [made, produced] → de façon rudimentaire; [carved] → grossièrement

(= vulgarly) [speak] → grossièrement
to put it crudely, ... → dit vulgairement, ...

crudely

adv

(= vulgarly) → ordinär, derb

(= unsophisticatedly) → primitiv; behave → ungehobelt; (= approximately) estimate, draw → grob; to put it crudely → um es ganz grob auszudrücken

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crudely

[ˈkruːdlɪ] adv (paint, make) → rozzamente; (say, express) → brutalmente