indignantlyadv.
/ɪnˈdɪɡnəntli/, U.S. /ᵻnˈdɪɡnəntli/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adverb] > contemptuously
lightlyOE
scornlichec1300
despitouslyc1320
hokerfullyc1330
scornfullyc1380
despisantly1389
deignouslyc1440
scorninglyc1440
contemningly1471
a-scornc1485
disdaininglyc1485
despiteouslya1500
disdainouslya1513
disdainishly?1529
a-swash1530
contemptuously1530
disdainfullya1533
despitefully1535
disdainedly1535
contemptibly1577
snuffingly1577
floutingly1580
despisingly1591
slightly1601
indignantly1602
contemptedly1605
overly1610
slightfully1627
despicably1637
slightingly1654
contemnibly1702
sneeringly1711
slightily1740
snottily1864
sniffingly1873
sufficiently1893
sniffily1902
pooh-poohingly1903
dismissively1922
1602 Whitgift Let. in J. 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.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [adverb]
highOE
unworthilyc1384
highlya1425
unkindly1550
offensively1589
stomachously1593
stomachfully1611
resentingly1698
resentfully1744
huffishly1755
indignantlya1783
offendedly1804
huffily1860
snarlingly1862
huffingly1864
grudgefully1882
injuredly1886
miffily1958
miffishly1968
a1783 H. Brooke Fox-chase in Wks. Eng. Poets (1810) XVII. 438/2 Indignantly they feel The clanking lash, and the retorted steel.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xxxix. 449 They indignantly supported the restraints of peace and discipline.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. ii. 17 The little Prince indignantly flung down the square cap, and trampled on it.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 114 He answer'd half indignantly.
1885 ‘L. Carroll’ Tangled Tale ii. 9 The landlady indignantly protested.
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