indignantly

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adverb

In an indignant manner; with indignation.

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

adverbindignantly (comparative more indignantly, superlative most indignantly)

comparative more indignantly · superlative most indignantly

  1. In an indignant manner; with indignation.

    When Samael saw that God had enlightened Adam, he yelled indignantly.

    1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 14
    1 more example

    And Dan indignantly waved his long, brown arm over the plant, which consisted of the engine, the boring apparatus, and a dilapidated spring-cart that was pulled by a lean, lonely-looking horse[.]

    1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 1

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian възмутено
  • възмутено (văzmuteno)in an indignant manner
Finnish närkästyneesti, tuohtuneesti
  • närkästyneestiin an indignant manner
  • tuohtuneestiin an indignant manner
Greek αγανακτισμένα
  • αγανακτισμένα (aganaktisména)in an indignant manner
Italian indignatamente
  • indignatamentein an indignant manner
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