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coarsely en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sli/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From earlier coursely, from Middle English coursly (“naturally, logically”); equivalent to coarse + -ly.

Meanings

  1. in a coarse manner
    • He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
    • Wild nuts, peas, vetch, a legume which had edible seed pods, and grasses were often combined with pulses like beans or lentils, the most commonly identified ingredient, and at times, wild mustard. To make the plants more palatable, pulses, which have a naturally bitter taste, were soaked, coarsely ground or pounded with stones to remove their husk. 2022 November 22, Katie Hunt, “Neanderthals cooked meals with pulses 70,000 years ago”, in CNN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more coarsely Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most coarsely Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (30)

sh сѝрово (in a coarse manner) · cs hrubě (in a coarse manner) · it sboccatamente (in a coarse manner) · it volgarmente (in a coarse manner) · ka უხეშად (in a coarse manner) · it grossomodo (in a coarse manner) · hu durván (in a coarse manner) · sh grȗbo (in a coarse manner) · sh гру̑бо (in a coarse manner) · fi käheästi (in a coarse manner) · it ruvidamente (in a coarse manner) · la dūriter (in a coarse manner) · lv rupi (in a coarse manner) · fr grossièrement (in a coarse manner) · sh sìrovo (in a coarse manner) · it sgangheratamente (in a coarse manner) · it grossolanamente (in a coarse manner) · nrf grôssiéthement (in a coarse manner) · it sguaiatamente (in a coarse manner) · lv rupji (in a coarse manner) · it trivialmente (in a coarse manner) · it rozzamente (in a coarse manner) · ru гру́бо (in a coarse manner) · pl gburowato (in a coarse manner) · gl bastamente (in a coarse manner) · la asperē (in a coarse manner) · it grevemente (in a coarse manner) · pl grubiańsko (in a coarse manner) · pt grosseiramente (in a coarse manner) · sv grovt (in a coarse manner)