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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 Word Forms
- half-defiantly adverb
- nondefiantly adverb
- overdefiantly adverb
- quasi-defiantly adverb
- undefiantly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of defiantly1
Example Sentences
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.”
He recalled kids in a schoolyard saying defiantly: I’m as good as you be.
“On July 13, 2022, Deputy Gardner rescued a baby from a suspect who was belligerently and defiantly holding the baby precariously and threatening to break the baby’s legs,” the suit alleges.
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