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Definition of Insolently
1. Adverb. In an insolent manner. "He had replied insolently to his superiors"
Definition of Insolently
1. adv. In an insolent manner.
Definition of Insolently
1. Adverb. In an insolent manner. ¹
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Definition of Insolently
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insolently
Literary usage of Insolently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"1642 should observe that the House of Commons insolently demandu'i by their own
single suffrage the deputing men to that prsi- ..."
2. The Making of the Nation, 1783-1817 by Francis Amasa Walker (1895)
"... Outrages—The Right of Search—insolently Exercised by British Cruisers—Impressment
of American Seamen—The Affair of the Chesapeake— "Contraband of ..."
3. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1849)
"... if they intended to demand anything of him, to ask it of him not insolently,
but with humility, observing towards him the respect due to a king, ..."
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