Standard Lemma guide

coarsely

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sli/
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1

adv

Meaning 1

in a coarse manner

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in coarse pieces

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the surfaces were coarsely granular

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: finely

History

Etymology

From earlier coursely, from Middle English coursly (“naturally, logically”); equivalent to coarse + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: hrubě — in a coarse manner
  • Finnish: käheästi — in a coarse manner
  • French: grossièrement — in a coarse manner
  • Galician: bastamente — in a coarse manner
  • Georgian: უხეშად (uxešad) — in a coarse manner
  • Hungarian: durván — in a coarse manner
  • Italian: grevemente — in a coarse manner
  • Italian: grossolanamente — in a coarse manner
  • Italian: grossomodo — in a coarse manner
  • Italian: rozzamente — in a coarse manner
  • Italian: ruvidamente — in a coarse manner
  • Italian: sboccatamente — in a coarse manner
  • Italian: sgangheratamente — in a coarse manner
  • Italian: sguaiatamente — in a coarse manner
  • Italian: trivialmente — in a coarse manner
  • Italian: volgarmente — in a coarse manner
  • Latin: asperē — in a coarse manner
  • Latin: dūriter — in a coarse manner
  • Latvian: rupi — in a coarse manner
  • Latvian: rupji — in a coarse manner
  • Norman: grôssiéthement — in a coarse manner
  • Polish: grubiańsko — in a coarse manner
  • Polish: gburowato — in a coarse manner
  • Portuguese: grosseiramente — in a coarse manner
  • Russian: гру́бо (grúbo) — in a coarse manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: гру̑бо — in a coarse manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: сѝрово — in a coarse manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: grȗbo — in a coarse manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: sìrovo — in a coarse manner
  • Swedish: grovt — in a coarse manner