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Meanings of rudely in English

In an impolite manner.

Usage of rudely in English
1
On a certain Tuesday the course of his triumphs was rudely broken.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
2
I was just about to discuss you quite rudely in your absence.
Too wicked to kiss
3
The stonemason had rudely struck out the cardinal issues of the question.
Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes; a Satire
4
It is a rudely brilliant, infuriatingly beautiful, belligerently profane work of art.
The Guardian
5
German diplomacy in the past few weeks has rudely shattered this conviction.
Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised)
6
The iron rudely caressed my body; flailing limbs knocked my glasses askew.
Climbing Magazine
7
The clearings were all new, and the houses rudely constructed of logs.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
8
Hope never stooped to falser cozenage; we were to be rudely undeceived.
The Fool Errant / Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley,...
9
From time immemorial this material has been rudely mined by the Indians.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891
10
At that instant the door was rudely forced open from the outside.
The Children of France / A Book of Stories of the Heroism and Se...
11
In return I offered you my friendship, but you refused it rudely.
The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy
12
Her imaginative speculations were rudely interrupted by Marguerite bringing in her chocolate.
The Idol of Paris
13
He had been rudely awakened to the horror of life once more.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 04
14
At the foot of the cross was a gray stone, rudely inlaid.
The Amulet
15
The trousers had been rudely sewed up and no bandages were visible.
Beverly of Graustark
16
The American gazed at the rudely inked initials, but hardly saw them.
The Trees of Pride
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Rudely through the time
Rudely across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common