insultinglyadv.
/ɪnˈsʌltɪŋli/, U.S. /ᵻnˈsəltɪŋli/ In an insulting manner; so as to insult; with scornful abuse, or treatment that wounds self-respect.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [adverb]
in abusionc1350
despitefully1535
contumeliously1539
abusively?1593
insultingly1623
affrontingly1656
affrontfully1754
1623 R. Bernard (title) Looke beyond Luther, or an Answere to that Question so often and so insultingly proposed by our adversaries, asking vs where this our Religion was before Luther's time.
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 68 in Justice Vindicated In the Fable of the Logg which Jupiter gave the Frogs for their King; when they became fearless of it, every one jumped insultingly upon it.
a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 140 Insultingly the wretch they toss, and gore.
1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 288 Virginia now insultingly spurns from her councils all who suggest that slavery is ever to be eradicated.
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