ruggedlyadv.
/ˈrʌɡᵻdli/, U.S. /ˈrəɡədli/ In a rugged or rough manner.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adverb]
sternlyc897
sharplyc900
stitha1000
hardlyOE
starklyOE
sterna1175
stithlya1300
hardilyc1300
ruggedlya1382
austerely?a1400
smartlya1400
unsternlya1400
acerbly?a1425
brussly1481
sore1484
shrewdly1490
dourlya1500
severely1548
roundly1567
severe1599
strictly1602
fiercely1611
Draconically1641
rugged1661
the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adverb]
rudely1602
raggedly1691
jaggedly1698
unevenly1839
ruggedly1895
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xviii. 23 With obsecraciouns speketh the pore man; and a riche man shal speke out ruggidli [a1425 L.V. sternli; L. rigide].
?1532 in T. Paynell tr. Erasmus De Contemptu Mundi sig. B.iiv She seeth or heareth the vyolente hurle wynde ryse ruggedly alofte.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iv. f. 15v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I These spirites claw him by the back, and tugge him so ruggedly, and tosse him so crabbedly, that nowe and then they make him more francke of his bumme then of his tongue.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scoscesamente, ruggedly, steepely, craggily.
1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater v. iii. sig. K2 Nay looke not ruggedly vpon me, I am made vp too strong, to feare such lookes.
1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 156 The nettle..stings when its gently touched, but doth not hurt when its ruggedly handled.
1668 Bp. E. Hopkins Serm. (1685) 78 Moving upon these four sides, it must of necessity move very ruggedly, by jolts and jerks.
1701 J. Collier tr. Marcus Aurelius Conversat. with Himself i. x. 5 Alexander the Grammarian taught me not to be ruggedly Critical about Words.
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. iii. 82 He play'd his Horse-play too ruggedly.
1790 Monthly Rev. June 261 Justice is not done to his manner..if what flows from his pen naturally and easily, be rendered ruggedly and unnaturally.
1846 Parl. Gazetteer Ireland, 1844–5 II. 257/1 The south-western district is wildly, ruggedly, and rockily mountainous.
a1853 F. W. Robertson in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 565 I have spoken ruggedly but not rudely.
1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 718 The new land is described as ruggedly barren.
1931 Auk 48 1 His father was a Christian gentleman, ruggedly faithful to his duty.
1969 R. Salerno & J. S. Tompkins Crime Confederation 33 At sixty-two he was what is commonly described as ruggedly handsome.
2001 Rental Product News Apr. 73 (advt.) Ruggedly built for long life, extreme reliability and backed by a full two-year warranty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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