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What is the adjective for coarsely?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb coarsen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

coarse
  1. Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture.
  2. Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy;
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “He wore a shepherd's tunic of coarse cloth.”
      “You can understand her urgency as she pushes through the coarse brush, barely stopping to draw breath.”
      “For large cuts, coarse rock salt is preferred due to its slow-dissolving characteristic.”
coarsish
  1. Somewhat coarse.
  2. Examples:
    1. “His coat was a beautiful Chinchilla grey, except for his tummy and stumpy little legs, which were covered with coarsish shiny black hair.”
      “The coat should be flat and dense, of a coarsish texture and oily nature, and capable of resisting water.”
      “While they are growing and developing their coats will be coarsish and reddish in colour.”
coarsy
  1. (rare) somewhat coarse
coarser
  1. comparative form of coarse: more coarse
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The hair of coastal wolves also appears to be coarser and better at shedding water, perhaps to cope with the heavy rainfall on the west coast.”
      “The state watches impotently as its culture, beamed in from the coasts, becomes coarser and more offensive by the year.”
      “Others had a brown, thicker, and coarser membrane, with irregular granularity on the outside.”
coarsest
  1. superlative form of coarse: most coarse
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Under these conditions, washed of their coarsest tannins, they reach an appropriate moisture level in under a year.”
      “The only factors that separate the finest laces from the coarsest nets and bags are scale and subject matter.”
      “Like her he was dressed in the coarsest of undyed wool, rough with fringe at the edges, and was shod in shoes made from deer hide or pig hide, with the hair still upon it.”
coarsened
coarsening
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