I saw similar images on the walls surrounding us, though the slightly crude but ornate columns seemed of later design.

"The man who lived in the attic was, she supposed, slightly crude and had very little conversation."

And there is an overarching element of Henri Rousseau: the bright colors and slightly crude outlines of a folk artist.

In addition, a number of items are woven in the Peking style, using goat hair; they are slightly crude in appearance, but quite attractive, and inexpensive.

"There's a slightly crude saying in Kohlstania; 'two virgins in a bed is one virgin too many.'"

Without the contrast of textures, and a subtle interplay of flavors, the napoleon becomes something slightly crude - a prosaic stack of raw materials.