VULGARLY Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

vulgarly

adverb

Definition of vulgarly

as in inappropriately

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Recent Examples of vulgarly The movie vulgarly sexualizes youthful political ardor and, even more contemptibly, the very notion of racial justice. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vulgarly

Adverb

Before class started, and the teacher had not yet arrived, students may have been clowning around in the room, making jokes, playing pranks, or talking loudly and inappropriately.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026
Acosta-Gonzalez may have acted inappropriately with other athletes, police said.

— Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of inappropriately

Adverb

The result can be a company that AI fails to recognize, recognizes incorrectly or resolves in favor of a competitor.

— Joseph Byrum, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The mayor’s office took that step after learning that citations were being incorrectly handed to vendors in MacArthur Park, a situation reported by LA Public Press.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of incorrectly

Adverb

Caleb Crawford was incarcerated in 2016 after indecently touching his cousin, a 12-year-old girl at the time.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
Like in a bombing, a tsunami or earthquake also makes the private suddenly, almost indecently, public.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026

Definition of indecently

Adverb

It has been called the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history.

— Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
Logan, who comes across as an even more fervent Barry Pepper, is the most convincing of the actors left to sell characters who say and do reprehensibly offensive things but turn out to be decent people.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025

Definition of reprehensibly

Adverb

As detailed in the 2026 Clock Statement, the risks to civilization are intolerably high.

— Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
The data doesn’t show how many Texans were automatically re-enrolled — and who might unenroll if their premiums rose intolerably.

— Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026

Definition of intolerably

Adverb

The world will become tragically, unbearably competent, a surface without a seam.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Though at times almost unbearably bleak, the narrative is propulsive and delivers a fascinating psychological portrait of female friendship, community, and humanity.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 15 Aug. 2026