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coarsely

Meanings

  • meaning 1: to treat or handle roughly; to deal insensitively or clumsily with something or someone.

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coarse , coarsely , coarseness , coarsenesses , coarser , coarsest
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Etymology
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The word 'coarsely' originated from the Old French word 'cors', meaning body, and the adverb 'selon', meaning according to. So, 'coarsely' originally meant 'according to the body'. Over time, the meaning of the word evolved to its current definition.

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  1. rudeness: A quality of being rude or impolite in behavior, manners, or speech.

  2. insensitivity: A lack of sensitivity or feeling towards the needs, concerns, or feelings of others.

Quotes
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  1. Around the throbbing machinery was a frame of "coarse" wire net.

    - Ursula K. Le Guin,{it}Harper's{/it},August 1990

  2. He had a heavy face and a shrivelled nose and thick, "coarse", bunched up skin.

    - Paul Theroux,{it}Granta{/it},Summer 1994

  3. She'd always been taught—and she'd felt it instinctively—that sun-braised cheeks, sallow skin and reddened hands were "coarse" and unsightly, the emblem of the foreigner and the day laborer.

    - T. Coraghessan Boyle,{it}The Road To Wellville{/it},1993

  4. He was a man of middle age with "coarse", curly gray hair, a dark, pock-marked complexion and protruding, almost batrachian eyes.

    - Leila Hadley,{it}Give Me the World{/it},(1958) 1999
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