defyingly
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editdefyingly (comparative more defyingly, superlative most defyingly)
- With defiance.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- […] while in the open air of the deck some officers will, upon provocation, bear themselves boldly and defyingly enough towards their commander […]