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insolently, adv.|ˈɪnsələntlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In an insolent manner; haughtily overbearingly; with insulting or presumptuous arrogance or contempt.
1494Fabyan Chron. vi. clxiv. 158 Charlys, the sone of Charlys the Ballyd..had rulyd hym insolently, and done in that countrey dyuerse outragyous dedes. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1638) 301 Thou..dost most insolently and vnaduisedly..propound many conditions of peace, of such qualitie and condition that myne ears scorn to hear the same. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. Pref. 8 Afflicted Vertue is insolently stabbed with all manner of Reproaches. 1725Pope Odyss. xviii. 172 Yon train Of haughty spoilers, insolently vain. 1791Gentl. Mag. 32/2 The gentleman whom he has insolently called Thersites, and the modern Zoilus. Mod. A soldier who behaved insolently to his officer.
†2. In an unaccustomed or unusual way; strangely. Obs.
1664Evelyn tr. Freart's Archit. 133 The interpreter of Hans Bloome names it [tænia] the Top of a Pillar, but very insolently; it being indeed the small fascia part of the Doric architrave. |