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rudely

/ˈɹuːdli/

rudely adverb: in a rude manner.

Adverb

rudely (comparative more rudely, superlative most rudely)

  1. In a rude manner.
    • Accompanying the article was a drawing: a chambermaid gripped the long wooden handle of a warming pan that projected rudely from between a tailcoated gentleman’s legs.2008 June 1, Nicholson Baker, “Sex and the City (Circa 1840)”, in The New York Times

rudely meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Malayalam

rudely in Tamil

முரட்டுத்தனமான, படிப்பற்ற, பண்பற்ற, அநாகரிகமான

rudely in Marathi

in a rude manner
उद्धटपणे uddhaṭapṇe, उर्मटपणे urmaṭapṇe

rudely in Telugu

in a rude manner
అమర్యాదగా amaryādagā

rudely in Malayalam

മര്യാദയില്ലാത്ത രീതിയിൽ, പരുഷമായി, കർക്കശമായി

Examples of rudely in a sentence

  • They rudely treated him like a zero.
  • She rudely talked over her opponent in the debate.
  • She hit Kevin with a hard swack, rudely knocking him to his senses.

All 17 example sentences with rudely

Forms of rudely

comparativemore rudely
superlativemost rudely

Origin of rudely

From Middle English rudely, rudeliche, equivalent to rude + -ly.

Words that rhyme with rudely

Questions about rudely

What does rudely mean?
Rudely means in a rude manner.
What is rudely in Tamil?
Rudely in Tamil is முரட்டுத்தனமான, படிப்பற்ற, பண்பற்ற. See Rudely meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rudely?
Rudely is an adverb.
How do you pronounce rudely?
Rudely is pronounced /ˈɹuːdli/.

Words near rudely in the dictionary

  1. rudegirls
  2. Rudeineh
  3. rudelier
  4. rudeling
  5. rudelings
  6. rudely
  7. ruden
  8. rudened
  9. rudeness
  10. rudenesses
  11. rudening

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rudely (page history and authors); rudely (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rudely (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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