impolitely

adverb

Definition of impolitelynext
as in rudely

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impolitely
  1. rudely
  2. brusquely
  3. sharply
  4. abruptly
  5. bluntly
  6. curtly
  7. tactlessly
Adverb
  • Ritter has disciplined Menapace after the lawmaker acted rudely or abusively to a committee clerk.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
  • In another famous tale, Hoja arrives at a feast wearing old and ragged clothes and is treated rudely.
    — Perin Gürel, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of rudely
Adverb
  • Citadel executives brusquely dismiss the idea that anything shady is going on.
    — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • In some instances, judges brusquely threw cases out of court after prosecutors walked in with little evidence.
    — Brian Rokos, Daily News, 7 May 2026
Definition of brusquely
Adverb
  • After the Women’s Health Initiative published its landmark findings in 2002, public and clinical attitudes toward hormone therapy shifted sharply, priming a generation of women to look for non-hormonal alternatives.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
  • Both states sharply limit non-competes, and California bans most outright.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of sharply
Adverb
  • Trump was expected to sign the housing bill at Capitol Hill during a ceremony in June, but abruptly canceled in protest over the Senate’s inaction in passing his election legislation, the SAVE America Act.
    — Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026
  • Flores lost his ability to make phone calls, after his PIN was abruptly suspended.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of abruptly
Adverb
  • International quality players like Morgan Gibbs-White, Murillo, Chris Wood and Neco Williams have helped fade the memory of men like Adama Diakhaby, Lica and Nicolau Dumitru, who, bluntly, impressed rather less.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Yigal Guetta, a former lawmaker from the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, said it bluntly on Israel’s Channel 12 News.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
Definition of bluntly
Adverb
  • Juliette later makes a stop to see Shirley, who is still being unreasonably pouty about her amnesiac friend not remembering her — and is, again, curtly dismissive of Juliette’s search for Lukas.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • But Ruben curtly responds that the only real homophobe is Niall himself.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2026
Definition of curtly
Adverb
  • Some conservative Latino voices in Virginia view the Spanberger campaign’s choice of venue at a Mexican restaurant as tactlessly pandering to Latino voters.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
  • As long as there are politicians who seek to lower flags or have Kirk’s body lay in state, there will be those who react strongly, if sometimes tactlessly, to these actions.
    — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025
Definition of tactlessly
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“Impolitely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impolitely. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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