coarsely

In crude fashion

Coarsely means in a rough or unrefined manner.

Food chopped coarsely is cut into large, irregular pieces: coarsely chopped onions.

Ground coarsely means with a rough texture rather than fine powder: coarsely ground pepper.

The word also applies to crude speech or behavior: He laughed coarsely at the joke.

spoken

crudely

In unrefined manner

indelicately · boorishly · uncouthly · gruffly · curtly · brusquely · tactlessly · unrefined · earthily · profanely

textured

grainy

Rough with particles

pebbly · sandy · nubby · burlap · hessian · tweed · homespun · canvas · sackcloth · unrefined

ground

chopped

Cut into pieces

milled · grated · crumbled · diced · shredded · granulated · pulverized · kibbled · broken · fragmented

Categories
Opposites
texture/granularity

coarselyfinely

In small, precise increments

smoothly · minutely · delicately · thinly · evenly

refinement/manner

coarselygenteelly

In refined manner

courteously · politely · elegantly · delicately · gracefully

precision/detail

coarselyfinely

In small, precise increments

precisely · meticulously · neatly · exactly · carefully

Phrases
Family

coarse, coarseness, coarsen, coarser, coarsest, coarse-grained

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