rank
noun
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
rankly
-
a word derived from
rank.
Example Sentences
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Lots of books by and about women will be released in March, and this one doesn’t rankly smell, not remotely.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
As Seymour, the dorky hero of “Little Shop,” the 1982 musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, he scents his ingratiating persona as a song-and-dance kid with a creepy whiff of rankly corruptible innocence.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2019
Because of this very commercial significance of awards for commercially minor films, the Academy’s decision to create a new award for “popular films” is more than absurd and desperate: it’s rankly offensive.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 8, 2018
It’s fascinating to think about uses of the first-person in journalism, not in terms of rankly narcissistic trespasses, but in terms of power imbalances.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2015
Part of her life was made from the tree growing rankly in the yard.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
