impudentlyadv.
/ˈɪmpjʊdəntli/ In an impudent manner; with effrontery; shamelessly, insolently.
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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
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 25 Whosoeuer deny yt it hath thus ben done in time past, yea within our owne remembrance, they impudently lie.
1665 S. Pepys Diary 19 Mar. (1972) VI. 60 Castlemayne lay impudently upon her back in her coach, asleep.
1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xl. 112 A boy, impudently thrust over their heads.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 391 An impudently false accusation.
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