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UNCOUTHLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uncouthly mean?
• UNCOUTHLY (adverb)
The adverb UNCOUTHLY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: UNCOUTHLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an uncouth manner
Context example:
uncouthly, he told stories that made everybody at the table wince
Pertainym:
uncouth (lacking refinement or cultivation or taste)
Context examples
He experienced a momentary pang of shame that he should walk so uncouthly.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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