rugged
adjective
having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface.
ruggedly
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a word derived from
rugged.
Example Sentences
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Google’s Gemini, not some ruggedly handsome Englishman, was my partner on this trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
The former midwife spent years living on a cattle station with her husband on the north-western edge of Australia - outside her window, the vast and ruggedly beautiful Kimberley region.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2024
City, and specifically Haaland, endured a frustrating afternoon at Bramall Lane until the Norway striker’s opener, with a physical Sheffield United team defending deep and ruggedly.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
After a hike above Pasadena’s Eaton Canyon in 1877, John Muir described the San Gabriel Mountains as the place where “Mother Nature is most ruggedly, thornily, savage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
Feo I took to mean not literally ugly so much as ruggedly handsome.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
