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Definition of primitively adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

primitively

adverb
 
/ˈprɪmətɪvli/
 
/ˈprɪmətɪvli/
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  1. in a very simple and old-fashioned way, especially when something is not convenient or comfortable synonym crudely (2)
    • a force of 3 000 primitively armed rebels
  2. used to describe how a feeling or desire is strongly felt, though not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life
    • There was something primitively comforting about the sound of running water.
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