coarsely

1. 1.

   in coarse pieces

   “the surfaces were coarsely granular”

   Antonymsfinely

Questions about coarsely

What does coarsely mean?

coarsely means "in coarse pieces".

How many syllables are in coarsely?

coarsely has 4 syllables and divides as co-ar-se-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of coarsely?

The recorded antonyms are finely.

Is coarsely a common word?

coarsely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.