Crudely
['kru:dli]
Definition
(adv.) In a crude, immature manner.
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Examples
- Archer asked, wondering a little crudely if he needed money. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Like the first steam engine, telephone or automobile, the first addressograph was crudely simple and of course presented an uncouth mechanical appearance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They were crudely constructed, and their life was brief. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Formerly two horizontal disk-shaped stones or burrs were employed, the lower one stationary and the upper one revolving in a horizontal plane and crudely crushing the grain between them. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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