(~r, ~st, ~s)
1.
A ~ method or measurement is not exact or detailed, but may be useful or correct in a rough, general way.
Standard measurements of blood pressure are an important but ~ way of assessing the risk of heart disease or strokes...
= rough
ADJ
~ly
The donors can be split–a little ~ly–into two groups...
ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
2.
If you describe an object that someone has made as ~, you mean that it has been made in a very simple way or from very simple parts.
...~ wooden boxes.
ADJ
~ly
...a ~ly carved wooden form...
ADV: usu ADV -ed
3.
If you describe someone as ~, you disapprove of them because they speak or behave in a rude, offensive, or unsophisticated way.
Nev! Must you be quite so ~?
...~ language.
= coarse
ADJ disapproval
~ly
He hated it when she spoke so ~ly...
ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
4.
Crude substances are in a natural or unrefined state, and have not yet been used in manufacturing processes.
...8.5 million tonnes of ~ steel.
= raw
? refined
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
Crude is the same as ~ oil .
N-MASS