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insolently





ADVERB
proudly
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ADVERB
saucily
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He insolently stopped to gas up his bike.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 2022

Similarly arresting was the famous cover photograph, taken by her then-partner Robert Mapplethorpe, depicting an androgynous Smith in a white shirt, her jacket slung Sinatra-style over her shoulder and looking insolently into the camera.

From The Guardian Jun. 10, 2020

We are in London in that riotous, rampant, and insolently creative year of 1963.

From Newsweek Apr. 15, 2013

"We shouldn't have cases of women complainants being treated insolently," he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 3, 2013

Crookshanks slowly chewed up the spider, his yellow eyes fixed insolently on Ron.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling




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