crudely
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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.
n.
A substance, especially petroleum, in its unrefined state.
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" |
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crudely
adverb
3. vulgarly, rudely, coarsely, crassly, indecently, obscenely, lewdly, impolitely, tastelessly and yet she spoke so crudely
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Translations
crudely
[ˈkruːdlɪ] ADV1. (= primitively) [carved, constructed, drawn] → toscamente, burdamente
2. (= coarsely) [speak, behave, joke, gesture] → groseramente, ordinariamente
to put it crudely → hablando en plata
to put it crudely → hablando en plata
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crudely
[ˈkruːdli] adv (= simply) [made, produced] → de façon rudimentaire; [carved] → grossièrement
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crudely
adv
(= unsophisticatedly) → primitiv; behave → ungehobelt; (= approximately) estimate, draw → grob; to put it crudely → um es ganz grob auszudrücken
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