Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an insulting manner; with insolent contempt.
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- adverb In an
insulting manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an unfair and insulting manner
- adverb in a disrespectful and insulting manner
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Examples
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The French and their cowardly supporters in America, however, frequently employed the phrase insultingly.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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The French and their cowardly supporters in America, however, frequently employed the phrase insultingly.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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The French and their cowardly supporters in America, however, frequently employed the phrase insultingly.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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This seems a simple truth–just read their definition–and W&M do not use this term insultingly, merely descriptively.
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Every Thug Needs a Lady by Wahida Clark are sometimes referred to as the insultingly-tagged 'Ghetto-Lit' or 'Street Fiction.'
BlogHer 2009
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Amit Bhatia, a former director and current shareholder at QPR, made what Ecclestone described as an "insultingly low" bid for his and Briatore's combined 67% stake in May.
Barcelona's pursuit of Arsenal's Cesc Fábregas does not add up | Digger 2011
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Newspapers throughout Romania last week were plastered with headlines announcing the musician's family's intention to protest what they see as the "insultingly" poor U.S. management of both VanGoethem's court martial and a subsequent civil suit at the April 2-4 NATO summit in Bucharest, where President Bush, who arrived in Romania late Tuesday night, is hoping to shore up his foreign-policy legacy.
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This done, he addressed him "insultingly," as the hagiographer puts it, in these words: "Good abbot, if thou wilt be loosed from bonds, thou must needs bring me seven white-headed red hornless kine: [15] and if thou canst not find them, thou shalt pay a penalty for my treasures which thou hast squandered."
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Despite the unenforceable rule on a Park Service sign stating that the Traditional Owners regard climbing the rock as a desecration, thousands insultingly climb it every year.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Do the Justices really need a hall monitor (ie. an academic dean), as many are insultingly suggesting?
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