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DEFIANTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a rebellious manner
Example:
he rejected her words rebelliously
Synonyms:
contumaciously; defiantly; rebelliously
Classified under:
Pertainym:
defiant (boldly resisting authority or an opposing force)
Context examples:
“Well, we don’t,” I concluded defiantly, beginning again my knocking and hammering.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
“Then she has my permission to cry out,” I said defiantly.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Once, and unwitting that he did so or that I saw, he laughed aloud, mockingly and defiantly, at the advancing storm.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He broke off defiantly. What if I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
There was a small picture of Gatsby, also in yachting costume, on the bureau—Gatsby with his head thrown back defiantly—taken apparently when he was about eighteen.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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