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defiantly
[dih-fahy-uhnt-lee]
adverb
with daring or bold resistance to authority.
In a fearless display, protesters chanted defiantly at police: "Come and shoot us with your tear gas!"
Other 51Թ Forms
- half-defiantly adverb
- nondefiantly adverb
- overdefiantly adverb
- quasi-defiantly adverb
- undefiantly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of defiantly1
Example Sentences
The mogul has publicly and defiantly maintained his innocence even before his arrest last September.
"I don't think my limitations are limiting behind the wheel. I think if someone had doubts in the past I showed those doubts should not be in place," says Kubica defiantly.
He said the community gathered "spontaneously and collectively" in the gardens outside The Atkinson, "standing defiantly in the face of evil".
In a three-star review, the Telegraph's Dominic Cavendish described the show as "defiantly bold, but more playful than antagonistic", although he added he wasn't sure the new iteration "adds much" to the original.
We told Michael, and he said defiantly, “No, that’s not the play we’re doing. This is what happens, make sure you tell that story.”
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