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Antonyms for rudely


Grammar : Adv
Spell : rood
Phonetic Transcription : rud



Definition of rudely

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from rude (adj.) + -ly (2).
  • adv impolitely
Example sentences :
  • Viviette followed him, but he turned on her rudely and thrust her back.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Much against my liking, I assure you, said my brother, rudely interrupting her.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • But they repulsed him rudely, and treated his suggestion with contempt.
  • Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
  • "Give them to me," he snapped, rudely snatching the bundle of documents from her hand.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • And this apparently has been your reward—to be rudely shut out at last.
  • Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
  • Rudely worded though it is, I had seen it to be sound in spirit.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The fellow's story was rudely told, but our questions supplemented his narrative.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • The voice of the young dentist dragged him rudely from the depth of his resignation.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
  • Evie was in the balcony, "staring most rudely," according to Mrs. Munt.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • He seized me now by the collar and dragged me rudely to my feet.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini

Synonyms for rudely

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