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

In many cases, boards and investors focused on ethical breaches, such as executives using company funds inappropriately or advancing the careers of romantic partners who reported to them.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
Moore was convicted in 2013 in an unrelated incident of inappropriately touching a 16-year-old boy.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of inappropriately

Adverb

A number of calls were either seemingly mishandled, called incorrectly or slanted in favor of one side or the other.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
According to the outlet, a military analyst using an AI chatbot to prepare an intelligence assessment of a Chinese vessel incorrectly concluded that the ship was transporting nuclear materials.

— Keren Yarhi-Milo, Time, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of incorrectly

Adverb

He is accused of strangling and indecently assaulting a 30-year-old female co-worker, prosecutors said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
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

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

The Shining is a ghost story, an addiction story, and a family tragedy — all of it wound unbearably tight.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2026
Wide-eyed children and tipsy fathers are spellbound by the playacting queens, unbearably luminous in their regalia.

— Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of unbearably

Adverb

Even if those numbers aren’t precisely right, the idea that Kucherov asked to be traded suggests the two sides are not terribly close.

— John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026
But then this is not exactly a grittily realistic flashback, or one terribly concerned with details of historical timeline.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026