affrontedlyadv.
/əˈfrʌntᵻdli/, U.S. /əˈfrən(t)ədli/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adverb]
wooinglya1382
boldlya1387
malapertly1447
malapertc1460
insolentlya1513
over-boldly1547
contumeliously1548
sauce malapertly1556
impudently1561
bold1597
saucy1598
petulantly1610
audaciously1611
affrontedlya1614
effrontedly1628
impertinently1671
effrontuouslya1734
procaciously1772
cheekily1872
sassily1883
brassily1889
a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 749 Speik affrontitlie.
1630 E. Cary tr. J. D. Du Perron Reply to Answeare of King iii. x. 342 The crimes..which he affrontedly and impudently denied.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 341 That Mahomet..did affrontedly laugh at sacred things.
1702 G. Keith Standard of Quakers Examined xiii. 423 This ignorant Person, who yet dare so affrontedly..oppose the Faith of all Christendom.
a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 37 The lawyers..since the beginning of his reign had most affrontedly trodden upon his prerogative.
2. In an offended or insulted manner; with indignation at a (perceived) insult.
ΚΠ
1831 C. G. F. Gore Pin Money II. xiii. 304 ‘I hope you did not attribute the change solely to his tailor,’ said Frederica, rather affrontedly.
1918 M. E. W. Freeman Edgewater People 289 The woman tossed her head affrontedly. ‘Me and my husband don't ask folks to sleep in no barn.’
2010 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 2 Jan. (Review section) 8 When told no, she hurls her tricycle at Oobi, who flops affrontedly off into the bushes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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