rudely


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rude/ruːd/
adjective
  • 1 offensively impolite or ill-mannered.

    ■ referring to sex in a way considered improper and offensive.

  • 2 very abrupt: a rude awakening.
  • 3 chiefly Brit. vigorous or hearty.
  • 4 dated roughly made or done; lacking sophistication.

    archaic ignorant and uneducated.

– derivatives
rudely adverb,
rudeness noun,
rudery noun.
– origin ME: from OFr., from L. rudis ‘unwrought’, figuratively ‘uncultivated’; rel. to rudus ‘broken stone’.
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