rudely
adverb (rudely, more rudely, most rudely)
Everyday
- Rudely means in a way that is not polite and shows no respect for others. tree →
- Rudely can mean suddenly and unpleasantly, as in «rudely awakened». tree →
In the lessons
Manners lessons and stories: speaking rudely, interrupting rudely, pushing rudely. In stories «rudely» shows a character's bad manners or a sudden shock: «The alarm rudely woke him». Phrases: rudely interrupt, speak rudely, rudely awakened.
Examples
- He rudely interrupted the teacher. tree →
- She answered rudely and then said sorry. tree →
- The man pushed rudely past us in the queue. tree →
- I was rudely woken by the dog barking. tree →
- Don't stare rudely at people. tree →
- The waiter spoke rudely to the customers. tree →
Note
Adverb of rude (+ly). Opposite: politely. Rudely describes how something is done, so it goes with a verb: «spoke rudely», not «was rudely» (say «was rude»).
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «rudely» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «rudely» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rudely/