Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an impolite manner; uncivilly; rudely.
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- adverb In an
impolite manner;uncivilly ;rudely .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an impolite manner
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Examples
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But Stanley Patterson had impolitely forgotten to listen.
THE KANAKA SURF 2010
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She taught Harvard medical students, some of whom impolitely called her "Auntie Gedda" behind her back and went on to greater fame.
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Many a door has been slammed in our faces, impolitely, Chicago style.
Learning to Die in Miami Carlos Eire 2010
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I had assumed that the book was about being a domestique for Lance Armstrong, but it turns out the author actually spent time working at a bunch of jobs that are, to put it impolitely, really crappy.
Bottoms Up: Sloganeering and Engineering BikeSnobNYC 2010
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He stared at her, somewhat impolitely, but Demora ignored it.
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light David R. George III 2010
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Agreed, but I'll have to impolitely disagree with him on The Blues Brothers.
Gary Mulholland, Popcorn: Fifty Years of Rock 'n' Roll Movies (2010) Adam Roberts 2010
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That will mean taking some of the points made politely in this speech and making them very impolitely.
Obama's Iraq address 2010
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Associated Press Steve Martin It's always entertaining when polite society unravels impolitely.
Battling Boredom the Wrong Way Jason Gay 2010
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I am sorry, but that's real wishful thinking, or as Bill Clinton would impolitely say "a biggest fairytale".
Poll: National Race Tightens; Majority Says Obama Flip-Flopped On Key Issues 2009
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The 'American Empire' of the late 20th century, which Luce more politely referred to as the 'American Century', and of which no presidents since Eisenhower and JFK ever whispered the word 'Empire' while it actually existed, was already body-snatched by the time anyone other than Chomsky and Chalmers Johnson impolitely called it by its real name.
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