CRASSLY

Etymology

Adverb

crassly (comparative more crassly, superlative most crassly)

In a crass manner.

Source: Wiktionary


CRASS

Crass (krs), a. Etym: [L. crassus thick, fat, gross, prob. orig., closely woven See Crease animal fat, and cf. Crate, Hurdle.]

Definition: Cross; thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined. "Crass and fumid exhalations." Sir. T. Browne. "Crass ignorance" Cudworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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