Rudely

Examples

• And who does not care for feeling--real feeling--however simply, even rudely expressed? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• At the same time Sir Percival turned his head, observed that I was approaching the stairs, and looked at me in the most rudely angry manner possible. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And we should let him have the benefit of this saving clause, and not rudely withdraw the veil behind which he has been pleased to conceal himself. Plato. The Republic.
• Drusilla, I have been in the habit of speaking very foolishly and very rudely to you, on former occasions. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I followed this man along a rudely-paved street, lit now by a fitful gleam of moonlight; he brought me to the inn. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Then, drawing near to Margaret, he said in a lower voice-- 'I spoke hastily to you once this evening, and I am afraid, rather rudely. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• No fierce dry blast has dealt rudely with the surface of her frame; no burning sun has crisped or withered her tresses. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You were obliged to tell him,' repeated the boy angrily, between his teeth, and rudely pushing her away. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Get up, said she, rudely pushing her _inamorato_ off the sofa. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Nothing to do with you, sir, retorted Caliphronas rudely, and walked on quickly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I thought you were going to tell your speech to that man, said Jo, rudely shortening her sister's little reverie. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She behaved to you rudely and harshly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They were both so silent that the ticktock of the Sacrifice of Iphigenia clock on the mantelpiece became quite rudely audible. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• After the four days he had passed, this address fell rudely and discordantly on Stephen's ear. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• And so he learned to shave--rudely and painfully, it is true--but, nevertheless, effectively. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• His left arm, rudely bandaged in a shawl, hung heavy and useless at his side; the bandage was saturated with blood. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Afterwards this story was verified: on entering the city we found a large number of very rudely constructed boats. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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