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Meanings of crudity in English

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A wild or unrefined state.

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        Usage of crudity in English
        1
        Such views belong to the uneducated crudity and superficiality of naïve thinking.
        The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
        2
        Of course, such a sketch must have an inevitable crudity of effect.
        A Modern Utopia
        3
        And yet at moments no one blurts things out with such crudity.
        Washington Square
        4
        Or they will rebel, reaching out in exaggerated behavior and macho crudity.
        The Disposable Male
        5
        He is forced to listen, perhaps, to an exhibition of tedious crudity.
        The Young Priest's Keepsake
        6
        A certain crudity in the ideas of Miss Ironsyde struck Raymond.
        The Spinners
        7
        Excuse the crudity of my language; I simply express a fact.
        Washington Square
        8
        Failing to advance a coherent argument, he descends to the level of crudity.
        The Irish Times
        9
        Absolom asked Wickham, suddenly concerned with the crudity of the armature.
        The god machine
        10
        The crudity of his statement was so arresting she actually stopped.
        Provenance
        11
        He was like a madman in his vehemence and his crudity of speech.
        Lectures on Modern history
        12
        His bound elbows and the crudity of his tackle lost him many fish.
        The Rules of the Game
        13
        FT's wry, tongue-in-cheek wit is one of ever-so-delicate amusement rather than flip crudity.
        Wired
        14
        Could talk a corpse into giving a blowjob, if you'll pardon the crudity.
        Wizard and glass
        15
        As for herself, she merely complained of a prematureness and crudity best unanalyzed.
        The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
        16
        Instead of crudity there would be strength, enthusiasm would be supplemented by wisdom.
        Library Work with Children
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