UNCOUTHLY

uncouthly

(adverb) in an uncouth manner; “uncouthly, he told stories that made everybody at the table wince”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

uncouthly (comparative more uncouthly, superlative most uncouthly)

In an uncouth manner.

Source: Wiktionary


UNCOUTH

Un*couth", a. Etym: [OE. uncouth, AS. unc unknown, strange: un- (see Un- not) + c known, p. p. of cunnan to know. See Can to be able, and cf. Unco, Unked.]

1. Unknown. [Obs.] "This uncouth errand." Milton. To leave the good that I had in hand, In hope of better that was uncouth. Spenser.

2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.] Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish. Chaucer.

3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. "Uncouth in guise and gesture." I. Taylor. I am surprised with an uncouth fear. Shak. Thus sang the uncouth swain. Milton.

Syn.

– See Awkward.

– Un*couth"ly, adv.

– Un*couth"ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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