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PRONUNCIATION OF TO PUT IT CRUDELY

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WHAT DOES TO PUT IT CRUDELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of to put it crudely in the English dictionary

The definition of to put it crudely in the dictionary is to be blunt; to be brutally frank.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TO PUT IT CRUDELY

to overflowing
to pay cash on the barrelhead
to pay your last respects
to pay your respects to sb
to play favourites
to play for keeps
to play happy families
to play pass-the-parcel
to play the race card
to press
to put it mildly
to put sth to rights
to put the fluence on sb
to put the mocks on
to put years on sb
to put your thinking cap on
to raise unshirted hell
to rights
to rule sb with a high hand
to save one´s life

WORDS THAT END LIKE TO PUT IT CRUDELY

absolutely
approximately
barely
closely
completely
comradely
crudely
definitely
effectively
extremely
gradely
immediately
likely
lovely
nudely
retrogradely
rudely
snidely
unfortunately
widely

Synonyms and antonyms of to put it crudely in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «to put it crudely» into 25 languages

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The translations of to put it crudely from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «to put it crudely» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

说句不好听的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

para decirlo crudamente
570 millions of speakers

English

to put it crudely
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुदरती तौर से यह डाल करने के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لوضعها بفجاجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грубо говоря
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

para colocá-lo cruamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এটা ক্রুদ্ধভাবে করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pour dire les choses crûment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Untuk meletakkannya dengan kasar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

um es grob zu sagen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ぞんざいに言えば
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조잡 를 넣어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanggo nyelehake crudely
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

để đặt nó thô sơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அது முரட்டுத்தனமாக வைக்க வேண்டும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हे कुटिलपणाने ठेवणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kaba bir şekilde koymak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

per dirla rozzamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mówiąc brutalnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

грубо кажучи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

să-l pună grosolan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

για να το θέσω ωμά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dit kru te stel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

att uttrycka det grovt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

for å si det grovt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of to put it crudely

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TO PUT IT CRUDELY»

The term «to put it crudely» is regularly used and occupies the 99.056 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TO PUT IT CRUDELY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about to put it crudely

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TO PUT IT CRUDELY»

Discover the use of to put it crudely in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to to put it crudely and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Letters Papers from Prison
The secrets known to a man's valet - that is, to put it crudely, the range of his intimate life, from prayer to his sexual life - have become the hunting-ground of modern pastoral workers. In that way they resemble (though with quite different ...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 2011
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On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic. By way of ...
If someone cannot deal with 'spiritual suffering', then, to put it crudely, this is not the fault of his 'spirit'; but more probably that of his stomach [to put it crudely, as I said: which in no way expresses the desire to be heard crudely, to be understood  ...
Friedrich Nietzsche, Douglas Smith, 1997
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Self Impression: Life-Writing, Autobiografiction, and the ...
To put it crudely, he can put it 'crudely'. When he says the 'art with which it is done is a secondary matter', he is defending an apparent artlessness: 'In this almost childishly simple account of a man's life there is the essence of a literary epoch.
Max Saunders, 2010
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Heinz Kohut: The Chicago Institute Lectures
For example, if somebody is inhibited in his work because, unbeknownst to him, successful work is, to put it crudely and in a nutshell, equivalent in the unconscious to kilg his father, then, in the course of the transference neurosis that develops, ...
Paul Tolpin, Marian Tolpin, 2013
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Cognition and the Symbolic Processes: Applied and Ecological ...
To put it crudely: evolution has left a few screws loose between the neocortex and the hypothalamus. MacLean has coined the term schizophysiology for this endemic shortcoming in the human nervous system. The hypothesis that this type of ...
Robert R. Hoffman, David Stuart Palermo, 1991
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Brümmer on Meaning and the Christian Faith: Collected ...
Anybody else who could provide the same services would do just as well. If this is the sort of relationship we have with God, it means that we do not love God for himself alone, but merely as a provider of eternal happiness. To put it crudely, we  ...
Vincent Brümmer, 2006
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Pragmatism: Critical Concepts in Philosophy
that Lear finds in the later Wittgenstein.36 A full-blown transcendental idealism reassures by affirming, to put it crudely, that we cannot be fundamentally wrong about the world we think about, since it is constituted by us. Lear's vestigial ...
Russell B. Goodman, 2005
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Perilous States: Conversations on Culture, Politics, and Nation
If one were to put it crudely, to put it crudely, our culture has always been divided around two hearths — Westerners and Slavophiles. The Slavophiles orient themselves around the Russian national idea, a Russian Slavic idea which stands in ...
George E. Marcus, 1994
9
Brainwavez II
'To put it crudely, Karen, that was one of the best fuck's I have ever had' Oliver said. 'I agree, Oly, and also to put it crudely, it was the best fucking night I have ever experienced' she said, and they both laughed. Oliver went to the gym with ...
D.W.G Pope, 2014
10
Mind and World
A full—blown transcendental idealism reassures by affirming, to put it crudely, that we cannot be fundamentally wrong about the world we think about, since it is constituted by us. Lear's vestigial transcendental idealism affords a version of the  ...
John McDowell, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TO PUT IT CRUDELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term to put it crudely is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cosatu backs Expropriation Bill
“I shouldn't be compensated for having participated in theft, to put it crudely. It's a fundamental moral issue that we shouldn't compensate theft.” Meanwhile ... «Eyewitness News, Jul 15»
2
Bill Bratton bests Bill de Blasio
To put it crudely, dead bodies would make him dead meat. So de Blasio surrendered to Bratton's push for cops. The mayor ended up in the right place, and the ... «New York Daily News, Jun 15»
3
Not Having Enough Money Means Making Bad Choices for Your …
To put it crudely,” Mullainathan says, “poverty — no matter who you are — can make you dumber.” Which can lead to more impulsive behavior, poor financial ... «The Stir, May 15»
4
Slide Show: The Changing Everglades
To put it crudely, there is nothing (and we include the bird rookeries) in the Everglades that will make Mr. Jonnie Q. Public suck in his breath. And yet the ... «The New Yorker, Apr 15»
5
Lighting up a century
Gallagher, along with Ronald Robinson and Anil Seal, came to found the infamous “Cambridge school” of Indian history. To put it crudely, they debunked the ... «The Indian Express, Apr 15»
6
Why Lee-Rubio Matters
To put it crudely, tax cuts that primarily benefit small numbers of high-earners are always vulnerable to populists campaigning for their reversal. Tax cuts that ... «National Review Online, Mar 15»
7
Your genes help determine how much money you save
The most-famous theory, the so-called “life-cycle” theory of savings put ... said—to put it crudely—that people save when they're young to finance their lives ... «Quartz, Feb 15»
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England star Dave Attwood's 'incredibly dangerous' leech treatment
Attwood, to put it crudely, gets leeches to suck blood from him in a bid to solve his problems with cauliflower ears. The England lock was getting to the stage with ... «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Dec 14»
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Jenson Button right to be upset over 'Christmas Snub' treatment from …
To put it crudely, Button's career is hanging in the balance and McLaren have not seemed in any rush to tip the scales one way or the other. As the Formula One ... «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Dec 14»
10
Pope Francis was not tough enough with Turkey
... and given him an opportunity to meet the Pope and pose as a respected statesman. To put it crudely, it legitimises him. But what is in it for the Catholic Church, ... «Catholic Herald Online, Dec 14»

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