insolently
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""Is there nothing to eat in the house?" he asked, insolently, as if to a servant. In certain stages of his intoxication he affected the clipped, mincing speech of the towns. Mrs. Morel hated him most in this condition."
- "the dastardly man who insolently compared the flights of a swan to the waddlings of the domestic duck"
- "The other day, following the latest "U. S. air intrusion," Peking radio announced, "A spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry has been authorized, in relation to the military provocation by U. S. military plane, to issue the 49th serious warning. The plane insolently intruded China's air space over the area of Yunghsing Island and Tung Island in the Kwangtung Province between 13:06 hours and 13:26 hours.""
Etymology
Etymology tree English insolent Middle English -ly English -ly English insolently From insolent + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more insolently (comparative)
most insolently (superlative)