1. in a way that has a strong, unpleasant smell
2. in an abundant or luxuriant manner
Usage: often used with vegetation
3. in a completely or utterly offensive manner
Usage: used for emphasis

Examples

• The garbage can smelled rankly in the summer heat.
• Weeds grew rankly in the abandoned lot.
• The basement air hung rankly with mold and dampness.
• Vines covered the old building, growing rankly up the walls.
• His behavior was rankly inappropriate for the occasion.
• The swamp water smelled rankly of decay.
• The garden was rankly overgrown after months of neglect.