| 单词 | indignantly |
| 释义 | indignantly (once / 808 pages) adv If your mother accuses you of stealing her necklace and pawning it, you'll answer her indignantly that you did no such thing! Indignantly is the adverb form of the adjective indignant. If you are indignant about something, you're offended and mad because someone did something unfair. You might indignantly demand that you are paid equally to your co-worker who does the same job. If you get an F on a paper you worked hard on and that you know is good, you might indignantly demand that your teacher explains the poor grade. WORD FAMILYindignant: indignanter, indignantly USAGE EXAMPLES“These people don’t understand where their food comes from,” Miller tells me, indignantly. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) Recently, the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in England offered to take in Pizza — an offer indignantly declined by the aquarium. New York Times(Oct 25, 2016) She added, indignantly, “People refer to us as surrogates, but we are his children.” New York Times(Oct 01, 2016) adv in an indignant manner Miss Burney protested indignantly, her long thin nose turning pink with mortification at this irreverent piece of mimicry |
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