rudely

1. 1.

   in an impolite manner

   “he treated her impolitely”

   Synonymsimpolitelydiscourteously

Questions about rudely

What does rudely mean?

rudely means "in an impolite manner".

How many syllables are in rudely?

rudely has 2 syllables: rude-ly. The stress falls on "rude". In IPA it is /ˈɹudli/.

What is another word for rudely?

Close synonyms include impolitely, discourteously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rudely a common word?

rudely is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.