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Recent Examples of crudely
White glue, popsicle sticks, construction paper — crudely cut out and stuck on a milk carton.
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Nov. 2025
Here, astronomers are gawking at a radio signal that appears crudely on the screen like a crooked game of Pong but turns out to be a line of data repeated every 78 seconds from 600 light-years away.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Museums will need to be far more careful about crudely luring visitors with the value of their exhibits, as will collectors.
—Lionel Laurent, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
This stripped down album recorded crudely in a bedroom must be released with no singles.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
The pie shoved in Anthony’s face by his lover, Giuseppe, felt like a neat distillation of how crudely the series seemed to clown its characters, week after week after week.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Cutifani recalls one time that an investor crudely asked him why Anglo American was engaged in ESG—the acronym commonly referring to environmental stewardship, social responsibility and corporate governance.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
It can be used to crudely express boredom, annoyance or to signal that something is self-indulgent or lacking purpose.
—Sofi Zeman
august 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Nov. 2025
Here, astronomers are gawking at a radio signal that appears crudely on the screen like a crooked game of Pong but turns out to be a line of data repeated every 78 seconds from 600 light-years away.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Museums will need to be far more careful about crudely luring visitors with the value of their exhibits, as will collectors.
—Lionel Laurent, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
This stripped down album recorded crudely in a bedroom must be released with no singles.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
The pie shoved in Anthony’s face by his lover, Giuseppe, felt like a neat distillation of how crudely the series seemed to clown its characters, week after week after week.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Cutifani recalls one time that an investor crudely asked him why Anglo American was engaged in ESG—the acronym commonly referring to environmental stewardship, social responsibility and corporate governance.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
It can be used to crudely express boredom, annoyance or to signal that something is self-indulgent or lacking purpose.
—Sofi Zeman
august 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crudely
Adverb
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Then a new entity clumsily named Netflix intruded with its quantum equation.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
18 Dec. 2025
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As for the fifth dimension, China’s power is having a corrosive effect on democracies, including in the United States, which has clumsily adopted measures that resemble the CCP’s mercenary mercantilism.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Sengun landed awkwardly after grabbing a defensive rebound and fell to the court.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Five years later, Smith is in danger of being outpaced by a class of pastors and professional Christians who wear their conservatism less awkwardly and are unrepentant, primed for culture war.—
Sam Kestenbaum,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Crudely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crudely. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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