Coarsely
['korsli]
Definition
(adv.) in coarse pieces; 'the surfaces were coarsely granular'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.
Editor: Lucia
Examples
- Let me say I, then,' he returned, in answer to the coarsely blurted question; 'I doubt whether I have understood Louisa. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Perhaps that is putting things coarsely and unjustly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I Presently the rude Real burst coarsely in--all evil grovelling and repellent as she too often is. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He was a middle-sized man, coarsely clad as became his calling, with a coloured shirt protruding through the rent in his tattered coat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She spoke coarsely, but with no naturally coarse voice; there was even something musical in its sound. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Editor: Lucia