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crudely

[krood-lee] / ˈkrud li /
ADVERB
clumsily
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Nearby is one of the movie’s crudely constructed stick figures — a reminder that sometimes a few twigs and some twine are all it takes to lodge an image permanently in the culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

"Sure this guy's remarks are unbelievable. On top of that, it suggests how he thinks it's OK to treat Takaichi -- or Japan for that matter -- this crudely," said another.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

To prepare for the role, Elordi created a scrapbook, crudely stitched together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

For a film positively obsessed with death, Perkins’ latest feature, adapted from a short story by Stephen King, has very little to say about our demise other than crudely commenting on its inevitability.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025

Like most greystones it was a crudely hewn rectangle about a dozen feet tall.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss


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