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DEFIANTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

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Meaning:

In a rebellious manner

Example:

he rejected her words rebelliously

Synonyms:

contumaciously; defiantly; rebelliously

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

defiant (boldly resisting authority or an opposing force)

Credits

 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)