Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a manner to affront; with effrontery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Shamelessly.
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- adverb obsolete
shamelessly
Etymologies
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affronted + -ly
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Examples
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"Aw, well," he began affrontedly, "it was the little way she said it --"
Saturday's Child Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923
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"Well, if you'd found him as I did, I guess it would 'a' got on your nerves," the clerk said, affrontedly; he added under his breath that they could kill themselves all over the house, and he wouldn't lift a finger to stop 'em.
The Iron Woman Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901
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