insolently

comparative more insolently · superlative most insolently

1. In an insolent manner.

   the dastardly man who insolently compared the flights of a swan to the waddlings of the domestic duck

   1896, George Birbeck Norman Hill, Talks about Autographs, page 81

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   "Is there nothing to eat in the house?" he asked, insolently, as if to a servant. In certain stages of his intoxication he affected the clipped, mincing speech of the towns. Mrs. Morel hated him most in this condition.

   1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 2”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

   The other day, following the latest "U. S. air intrusion," Peking radio announced, "A spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry has been authorized, in relation to the military provocation by U. S. military plane, to issue the 49th serious warning. The plane insolently intruded China's air space over the area of Yunghsing Island and Tung Island in the Kwangtung Province between 13:06 hours and 13:26 hours."

   1971 August 6, Robert S. Allen, “U. S. Studying To Ease New Tension With Taiwan”, in The Farmville Herald, volume 81, number 92, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1B, columns 4-5