Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a crass manner; coarsely; grossly; stupidly; ignorantly.

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  • adverb In a crass manner.

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Examples

  • It crassly defines time as a commercial conspiracy imposed from above, which is also how the film defines the capitalist system.

    Govindini Murty: In Time and Tower Heist: Can Robbing the Rich Solve Inequality? Govindini Murty 2011

  • It crassly defines time as a commercial conspiracy imposed from above, which is also how the film defines the capitalist system.

    Govindini Murty: In Time and Tower Heist: Can Robbing the Rich Solve Inequality? Govindini Murty 2011

  • January 16th, 2009 at 2: 19 pm to ... pass this bullshit legislation on the get-go while the Dems still have a majority is frankly, crassly opportunistic and a power grab.

    Matthew Yglesias » Card Check Delay? 2009

  • In closing, please allow me to thank my Canadian brethren for making life more difficult for NOBBERS down in Chiapas by crassly and openly bribing that mayor where they are strip mining and hiring assasins to murder that activist fighting their environmental degradation near the border with Guatemala.

    Arco Norte or Mexico City? 2010

  • Now, if someone had crassly written the same story Clezio told, perhaps it would not affect you in the same way.

    Reading Dangerously « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • And by the way, if the Dem majority shrinks, it would indicate that Americans support Dem legislation less, not more, and thus any attempt to just throw public opinion under the bus right now and pass this bullshit legislation on the get-go while the Dems still have a majority is frankly, crassly opportunistic and a power grab.

    Matthew Yglesias » Card Check Delay? 2009

  • President Obama -- who has announced his interest in starring in a sequel of his own -- signaled his willingness to accept draconian spending cuts, while Mitch McConnell couched his Snape-like approach in "crassly political terms," flatly declaring: "I refuse to help Barack Obama get reelected."

    Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011

  • President Obama -- who has announced his interest in starring in a sequel of his own -- signaled his willingness to accept draconian spending cuts, while Mitch McConnell couched his Snape-like approach in "crassly political terms," flatly declaring: "I refuse to help Barack Obama get reelected."

    Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011

  • In closing, please allow me to thank my Canadian brethren for making life more difficult for NOBBERS down in Chiapas by crassly and openly bribing that mayor where they are strip mining and hiring assasins to murder that activist fighting their environmental degradation near the border with Guatemala.

    Arco Norte or Mexico City? 2010

  • In closing, please allow me to thank my Canadian brethren for making life more difficult for NOBBERS down in Chiapas by crassly and openly bribing that mayor where they are strip mining and hiring assasins to murder that activist fighting their environmental degradation near the border with Guatemala.

    Arco Norte or Mexico City? 2010

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