uncouthly

Example Sentences

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But, I must uncouthly ask, at what price?

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

The "Cardinal Beaufort" disappoints; so large a space of canvass uncouthly filled up, rather injures the intended expression in the cardinal.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various

Now that remedy, as the work of a near kinsman of Rob Roy himself, may have a savour of romance for the imagination; but it comes uncouthly to the palate.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Stevenson, Robert Louis

He talked volubly, but uncouthly, placed his hand upon his breast, gestured vehemently, and seemed very earnestly bent upon communicating something.

From Heroes and Hunters of the West Comprising Sketches and Adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, Whetzel, Fleehart, Hughes, Johnson, &c. by Frost, John

So the moorsmen, blessing her uncouthly for her fairness and kind words, went back with their furs and bows into their fastnesses.

From The Fifth Queen Crowned by Ford, Ford Madox