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# rudely

adverb (rudely, more rudely, most rudely)

«rudely» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Rudely means in a way that is not polite and shows no respect for others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rudely/#m1)
2. Rudely can mean suddenly and unpleasantly, as in «rudely awakened». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rudely/#m2)

### In the lessons

Manners lessons and stories: speaking rudely, interrupting rudely, pushing rudely. In stories «rudely» shows a character's bad manners or a sudden shock: «The alarm rudely woke him». Phrases: rudely interrupt, speak rudely, rudely awakened.

### Examples

- He rudely interrupted the teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rudely/#x1)
- She answered rudely and then said sorry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rudely/#x2)
- The man pushed rudely past us in the queue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rudely/#x3)
- I was rudely woken by the dog barking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rudely/#x4)
- Don't stare rudely at people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rudely/#x5)
- The waiter spoke rudely to the customers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rudely/#x6)

### Note

Adverb of rude (+ly). Opposite: politely. Rudely describes how something is done, so it goes with a verb: «spoke rudely», not «was rudely» (say «was rude»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rudely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rudely/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rudely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rudely.html) on Mova free.