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indignantly, adv.|ɪnˈdɪgnəntlɪ|
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†1. With indignity. Obs. rare—1.
1602Whitgift Let. in Strype Life (1718) 555 [To others he wrot not, especially the Maior, because he took himself so] indignantly [used by him].
2. In an indignant manner, with indignation.
a1783H. Brooke Fox-Chase (R.), Indignantly they feel The clanking lash, and the retorted steel. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxix. (1869) II. 449 They indignantly supported the restraints of peace and discipline. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, I. ii. 17 The little Prince indignantly flung down the square cap, and trampled on it. 1859Tennyson Vivien 402 He answer'd half indignantly. 1885L. Carroll Tangled Tale ii. 9 The landlady indignantly protested. |