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rudely

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rude  (rd)
adj. rud·er, rud·est
1. Relatively undeveloped; primitive: a rude and savage land; a rude agricultural implement.
2.
a. Being in a crude, rough, unfinished condition: a rude thatched hut.
b. Exhibiting a marked lack of skill or precision in work: rude crafts.
c. In a natural, raw state: bales of rude cotton.
3.
a. Lacking the graces and refinement of civilized life; uncouth.
b. Lacking education or knowledge; unlearned.
c. Ill-mannered; discourteous: rude behavior.
4. Vigorous, robust, and sturdy.
5. Abruptly and unpleasantly forceful: received a rude shock.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rudis.]

rudely adv.
rudeness n.
Synonyms: rude, crude, primitive, raw, rough
These adjectives mean marked by a lack of skill and finish: a rude hut; a crude drawing; primitive kitchen facilities; a raw wooden canoe; a rough sketch.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.rudely - in an impolite manner; "he treated her impolitely"
Translations
rudely [ˈruːdlɪ] ADV
1. (= impolitely) [say, interrupt, stare] → groseramente; [push] → bruscamente
before I was so rudely interruptedantes de que me interrumpieran tan groseramente or de forma tan grosera
2. (= crudely) [carved, shaped] → toscamente, de forma rudimentaria
3. (= unexpectedly) → bruscamente
she was rudely awakenedla despertaron bruscamente (fig) → le dieron una sorpresa muy desagradable
rudely [ˈruːdli] adv
(= impolitely) → grossièrement
As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted → Comme je le disais avant d'être si grossièrement interrompu
to be rudely awakened (= get a shock) → revenir brutalement sur terre
rudely
adv
(= impolitely)unhöflich; (stronger) → unverschämt; (= roughly, uncouthly)grob; pushrüde; before I was so rudely interruptedbevor ich so unhöflich unterbrochen wurde
(= obscenely)unanständig
(= harshly) awaken, remind, shatterunsanft
(liter, = crudely, primitively) → grob
rudely [ˈruːdlɪ] adv
a. (impolitely) → villanamente, maleducatamente; (indecently) → indecentemente, volgarmente
b. to be rudely awoken (fig) → tornare bruscamente alla realtà

rudely [ˈruːdlɪ] adv
a. (impolitely) → villanamente, maleducatamente; (indecently) → indecentemente, volgarmente
b. to be rudely awoken (fig) → tornare bruscamente alla realtà


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With this significant remark the Supreme Gobbler left him, and thenceforward the Pious Person dreamed of himself as white meat and dark until rudely awakened by decapitation.
I can see them now, exactly as they looked, working about the table in the lamplight: Jake with his heavy features, so rudely moulded that his face seemed, somehow, unfinished; Otto with his half-ear and the savage scar that made his upper lip curl so ferociously under his twisted moustache.
After the birth of little Harry, however, she had gradually become tranquillized and settled; and every bleeding tie and throbbing nerve, once more entwined with that little life, seemed to become sound and healthful, and Eliza was a happy woman up to the time that her husband was rudely torn from his kind employer, and brought under the iron sway of his legal owner.
 
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