uncouthly

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But, I must uncouthly ask, at what price?

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

So true is this that graceful commonplaces, either spoken or written, are far more apt to produce a pleasing impression than weightier matter awkwardly uttered, or uncouthly expressed.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.

Klaasje was very tiresome, ate uncouthly and sat beside Constance, who kept on gently reproving her and cut up her bread-and-butter for her as though she were a baby.

From Dr. Adriaan by Couperus, Louis

These grotesque humanoidal beings were the only living things which did not make him feel overgrown, uncouthly out of proportion, a hulking lout.

From The Enormous Room by Gold, Horace Leonard

All rid upon pale ouphen steeds With flying tails, uncouthly seen; Each wore a scarf athwart his weeds Of freshest green.

From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.