Nudely vs Dudely - What's the difference?
nudely | dudely |
Of or pertaining to a dude (in various senses).
* 1992, Autumn Stephens, Wild Women [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0943233364&id=hmwn1H2xDZ0C&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=dudely&sig=U0EwnTGCeNfKYFgcVSgVCNkDoN0]
* 2001, Stephen Beachy, Distortion [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1560239980&id=U1N20gh2p-MC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=dudely&sig=zXwiJUJHq_brxfa-MBKQt4aev-o]
* 2003, Carole Nelson Douglas, Cat in a Neon Nightmare [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0765345927&id=8RAgHGxxkvMC&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=dudely&sig=sM26a3VIHWgQWagqwbRFqXdkkhQ]
As an adverb nudely
is in a nude manner.As an adjective dudely is
of or pertaining to a dude (in various senses).nudely
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References
* Collins Concise Dictionary, Fifth Edition , HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.dudely
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Long before the slinky Miss Shields was a twinkle in her mama’s eye, nothing came between erstwhile Southern belle Elsa Jane Guerin and her dudely duds.
- I love bad whiteboys, the really skanky sort of white-trash ones, you know, the ones that surf or live in the woods or just got out of prison, the dudely ones who’re sort of closeted but really straight-acting, those are the ones I always fall for.
- Not many dames line up at the bar on this side, as it seems to be a dudely kind of place, what with a TV perched above the liquor-bottle wallpaper blaring out some sports contest, but one lady does attract my notice.
