uncouthly, he told stories that made everybody at the table wince. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : uncouth behavior; an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family. From Dictionary.com.
‘Anyhow,’ said March, pushing back her hair and rising uncouthly. From Wordnik.com. [The Fox] Reference
Baptist parson and an earth-soiled, uncouthly-dressed digger of gutters!. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
He experienced a momentary pang of shame that he should walk so uncouthly. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 1] Reference
Or are we to assent to the charge of being uncouthly selfish, viciously cruel?. From Wordnik.com. [Last Leaves from Dunk Island] Reference
I thought she spoke in a curious fashion, uncouthly, with a pronounced accent. From Wordnik.com. [Edith Södergran: a biographical profile - 4] Reference
Indeed, by the way he stood and moved, he made Conan seem almost uncouthly large. From Wordnik.com. [Conan and The Gods of The Mountain]
I tried uncouthly to imitate the tune to the ladies of the family at breakfast, and they say it is “the shadow dance of Dinorah.”. From Wordnik.com. [Roundabout Papers] Reference
"Come, get on, get on!" said Krag, laughing uncouthly. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to Arcturus] Reference
And the young fellow pauses uncouthly to scratch his neck. From Wordnik.com. [Through Russia] Reference
It jerked itself forward, and rose slowly and uncouthly in the air. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to Arcturus] Reference
His legs were short and very bandy, so that he waddled uncouthly as he walked. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Galley Impressions and Tales] Reference
It shook a little with an emotion that sat uncouthly upon this grim, stern man. From Wordnik.com. [Jason] Reference
I could wish that such sentiments were more common, however uncouthly expressed. From Wordnik.com. [The Biglow Papers] Reference
The negro's comments were strictly correct, though somewhat uncouthly expressed. From Wordnik.com. [The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America] Reference
It could not have diminished their sufferings any to be so uncouthly represented. From Wordnik.com. [The Innocents Abroad] Reference
They stood and stared at his age, and Morano blurted uncouthly what both of them felt. From Wordnik.com. [Don Rodriguez; chronicles of Shadow Valley] Reference
The fireplaces were not all furnished with cranes, but they were all uncouthly wide and deep. From Wordnik.com. [Queechy] Reference
He floundered down uncouthly and grasped the beech leaves with his hands, and then lay still. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man] Reference
The fire-places were not all furnished with cranes, but they were all uncouthly wide and deep. From Wordnik.com. [Queechy, Volume I] Reference
The doctor talked quickly, excitedly, and uncouthly, stammering and gesticulating unnecessarily. From Wordnik.com. [The Duel and Other Stories] Reference
I tried uncouthly to imitate the tune to the ladies of the family at breakfast, and they say it is. From Wordnik.com. [Roundabout Papers] Reference
Opposite, the bed blown in half, the boy who would not have lasted through the night sprawled uncouthly on to the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Mufti] Reference
He was finding nothing to say to Rue Carew, or saying what he said as crudely and uncouthly as any haymaker in Gayfield. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Star] Reference
He worked slowly and uncouthly, but with the precision that was a part of his character, and made exact and strong stitches. From Wordnik.com. [Love Me Little, Love Me Long] Reference
And Blackett, whose patience had quite worn out, filled the glasses, and passed one to his visitor, who uncouthly apologised. From Wordnik.com. [Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898] Reference
It contained some lines of very rugged doggerel, hardly even rhyming, written in a gross character, and most uncouthly spelt. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Arrow] Reference
Immediately the little master fled away, jumping uncouthly on one leg, through the gates and shutting them after him with a yell. From Wordnik.com. [Sintram and His Companions] Reference
So the moorsmen, blessing her uncouthly for her fairness and kind words, went back with their furs and bows into their fastnesses. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Queen Crowned] Reference
A TV spot shows a table of competitive hot dog eaters, uncouthly shoving the pork products into their mouths as quickly as they can. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News - Opinion] Reference
Men uncouthly clothed in shapeless, shiny leather garments, straddled and stretched above him, filling their lungs with the sweet air. From Wordnik.com. [The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf] Reference
She rose in speechless terror, as what she had taken for an uncouthly swathed and draped barbaric pillar suddenly glided to the window. From Wordnik.com. [The Crusade of the Excelsior] Reference
Alas! that poets now should rush through Fleet Street with unseemly haste, attired uncouthly in bowler hats and in preposterous tweeds!. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia] Reference
Two hours later, when Peaney entered the lobby of the Mountain House, he saw a very fat, uncouthly dressed backwoodsman talking to Pansy. From Wordnik.com. [Scattergood Baines] Reference
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