VULGARLY Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

vulgarly

adverb

Definition of vulgarly

as in inappropriately

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Recent Examples of vulgarly The movie vulgarly sexualizes youthful political ardor and, even more contemptibly, the very notion of racial justice. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vulgarly

Adverb

Parents of students at Sunset Park Elementary School are stunned following the arrest of a former teacher accused of inappropriately touching students and displaying pornographic images.

— Anna McAllister, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Rush was accused of behaving inappropriately toward actress Eryn Jean Norvill in a series of 2017 articles in The Daily Telegraph.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of inappropriately

Adverb

Progress toward that goal faltered in 2023 when the state learned that its proposal to tap federal funds for a study on the Idaho-Utah route had been incorrectly submitted.

— Rose Evans September 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2026
Matt Donohue, the video assistant referee (VAR) who oversaw the process which incorrectly allowed Erling Haaland’s goal in the Manchester derby, has not been selected to officiate in the Premier League this coming weekend.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of incorrectly

Adverb

Caleb Crawford was incarcerated in 2016 after indecently touching his cousin, a 12-year-old girl at the time.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
Like in a bombing, a tsunami or earthquake also makes the private suddenly, almost indecently, public.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026

Definition of indecently

Adverb

It has been called the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history.

— Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
Logan, who comes across as an even more fervent Barry Pepper, is the most convincing of the actors left to sell characters who say and do reprehensibly offensive things but turn out to be decent people.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025

Definition of reprehensibly

Adverb

As detailed in the 2026 Clock Statement, the risks to civilization are intolerably high.

— Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
The data doesn’t show how many Texans were automatically re-enrolled — and who might unenroll if their premiums rose intolerably.

— Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026

Definition of intolerably

Adverb

Her inconsistencies raised alarms for police, as the closed barn loft would have been unbearably hot that day to have visited voluntarily, per American Heritage.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
During the 2014 Gaza War, that lesson became unbearably personal.

— Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of unbearably

Adverb

Though Lock and Fleury aren’t Darnold and Kubiak, Wednesday night’s game demonstrated that Seattle is not interested in making terribly many overarching changes from last year’s general offensive approach.

— Andrew Destin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The other might be the terribly limited prospects of people like Miguelito living in Chivilcoy, a town outside Buenos Aires, where the two latter parts of the film is set.

— Roberto Prieto, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026