Crudely

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Without due knowledge or skill; without form or arrangement.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. In a crude, immature manner.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adverb. In a crude manner.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adverb. in a crude or unrefined manner
  • adverb. in a crude and unskilled manner
  • Word Usage
    "Laurent Gras, Executive chef, L2O, Chicago: F&W Best New Chef 2002 Laurent Gras's name crudely translates to "Fat Larry" in French -- wholly ironic, considering he carries an incredible two percent body fat (the average is about 13 to 17 percent for an adult male)."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    rudely  shrewdly