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coarsely

ADVERB
crudely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK




Example Sentences

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With his latest, “Kontinental ’25,” Jude — who also put out a coarsely wacky version of “Dracula” last year — shifts away from clownishness and toward a sterner register of concern for society.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Constable’s famously crusted, white-flecked surfaces, as seen in this painting’s coarsely textured beams and choppy canal water, and in its windswept, cloud-filled skies, became touchstones in his work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Toward the end of their scene together, Kilmer's Iceman gets up from his chair and coarsely tells Cruise: "The Navy needs Maverick".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025

This is important, as a multitude of physically plausible highly resolved solutions exists for each coarsely resolved precipitation field.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023

She straightened her thin shoulders and smoothed the folds of her coarsely woven shift.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry




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