vulgarly
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vul·gar
(vŭl′gər)adj.
1.
a. Crudely indecent: a vulgar joke.
b. Deficient in taste, consideration, or refinement: "that vulgar jockeying for position around the bedside of the gravely ill" (Susan Sontag).
c. Given to crudity or tastelessness, as in one's behavior: "He relentlessly vilified the studio executives as vulgar, ignorant hoodlums" (Marion Meade).
d. Offensively excessive in self-display or expenditure; ostentatious: the huge vulgar houses and cars of the newly rich.
2. Spoken by or expressed in language spoken by the common people; vernacular: the technical and vulgar names for an animal species.
3. Of or associated with the great masses of people; common.
[Middle English, of or relating to the common people, from Latin vulgāris, from vulgus, the common people.]
vul′gar·ly adv.
vul′gar·ness n.
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Translations
بسوقِيَّه، بِفَظاظَه
lidověvulgárně
plat
közönségesen
lágkúrulega
ľudovovulgárne
kabacaterbiyesizce
vulgarly
[ˈvʌlgəlɪ] ADV1. (= in an unrefined way) → de un modo ordinario, vulgarmente
3. (= indecently) → groseramente
4. (= in ordinary parlance) sodium chloride, vulgarly known as salt → cloruro de sodio, vulgarmente conocido como sal
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vulgarly
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vulgar
(ˈvalgə) adjective1. not generally socially acceptable, decent or polite; ill-mannered. Such behaviour is regarded as vulgar.
2. of the common or ordinary people. the vulgar tongue/language.
ˈvulgarly adverbvulˈgarity (-ˈgӕ-) – plural vulˈgarities – noun
(an example of) bad manners, bad taste etc, in eg speech, behaviour etc. the vulgarity of his language.
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