impudently
English edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
impudently (comparative more impudently, superlative most impudently)
- In an impudent manner; with unblushing effrontery; insolently.
- 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:
- Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]
- 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 67:
- 'Oh certainly,' retorted Tinette impudently, as she flounced out of the room.
Translations edit
insolently — see insolently
Further reading edit
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “impudently, adv.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- “impudently”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “impudently”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.