Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a rude manner
  • Inelegantly; awkwardly.
  • With offensive bluntness or roughness; uncivilly; impolitely.
  • Impetuously; fiercely; savagely.
  • Violently; stormily; boisterously: as, the wind blew rudely.
  • Vulgarly; broadly; coarsely.

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  • adverb In a rude manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an impolite manner

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Examples

  • Once, when he was delivering himself of an unctuous remark to Jerry, Faith broke in rudely with a flat contradiction.

    Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919

  • And now, there he was dead; and, if lucky, buried with a little wooden cross with his name rudely inscribed, marking his grave.

    The Red Planet William John Locke 1896

  • "With speed," writes an eye-witness, "he comes to the House: he calls rudely at the door," and,

    History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) Puritan England, 1603-1660 John Richard Green 1860

  • Another point, justifying the supposition of foul play, was the significant fact that Perrin's gun, with his name rudely carved on the stock, still lay in the camp _undischarged_.

    The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains 1859

  • Tom Brixton's cap -- with his name rudely written on the lining.

    Twice Bought 1859

  • Petite, keep writing, when I check in with you to read your posts, i feel like I’m checking in on an old friend. .your readers who are commenting so crudely should ask themselves WHY they are checking in and commenting soo rudely, is that how they treat their friends??

    seething 2008

  • Occasional scenes shot in English rudely yank escapist subcontinental audiences back to modern life.

    The Emerging Markets Century Antoine van Agtmael 2007

  • And it's only later, well after the fact, that it dawns on me that I've been treated rudely, which is not unlike my delayed response to danger and horror.

    Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004

  • Who that calls himself a man will sit with folded arms and careless mien, under the shade of the tree of liberty, while the wild boar is whetting his tusks against its bark, and the gaunt stag rudely tears its branches?

    Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett

  • Michiel Spithoven knows that there are some people out there who generally hate being awakened rudely, which is why he came up with the DIY Gentle Wake Up Alarm Clock that allows one to be nudged awake without a loud jolt.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2010

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