rudimentary
adjective
pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary.
rudimentarily
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a word derived from
rudimentary.
Example Sentences
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They’re poised between the imagining artist out front and a boisterous crowd of onlookers, rudimentarily sketched out as a wall of people looming in the background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
But the film, although lovingly made, often feels too rudimentarily written and rendered to be sufficiently impactful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
Recycling is not practiced religiously or even rudimentarily: sometimes it's because a country does not have a robust recycling program.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2016
New forces are being rudimentarily trained and sent into the operational area for further training during this cease-fire.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 3, 2015
Until St Stephen’s became the synonym for the Popular House, party government can hardly be said to have been, even rudimentarily, established.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
