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impertinently



ADVERB
saucily
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The Saab driver looked up the mountain road and then turned the Saab so that the rear was impertinently pointing up the hill.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022

When Persie impertinently climbs into the front seat next to him and demands that he call her “Lady Persie,” Spargo orders her to the back.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2011

The best example was at the Camp Nou, on 6 April last year, when Nicklas Bendtner impertinently opened the scoring and Messi replied with a machine gun rattle of four.

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2011

No one is to speak impertinently or beside the question, superfluously or tediously.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2011

“She meant to be impertinently curious, just as such an Anne Cox should be.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen




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