vulgarly

English

Etymology

vulgar +‎ -ly

Adverb

vulgarly (comparative more vulgarly, superlative most vulgarly)

  1. In a vulgar manner; obscenely or unrefinedly.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 498:
      Rosemary peeled off Sloane Square, Hartnell, decorations-will-be-worn, fog primroses, crumpets by the fire, and let fly vulgarly at Vythilingam.
  2. In the manner of the common people.
    • 1809, The Tradesman, volume 3, page 1:
      The last, the knotted fucus, which has long slender stalks, leaves small, bulbs or vesicles in the middle of the stalks, vulgarly called eelwrack, is most esteemed by our kelp-makers.
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