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contumaciously

contumaciously adverb: in a contumacious manner.

Adverb

contumaciously (comparative more contumaciously, superlative most contumaciously)

  1. In a contumacious manner.
    • The Curate of Lobourne sent in a report that Master Richard's lessons were contumaciously disregarded …1859, George Meredith, chapter 4, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC

Forms of contumaciously

comparativemore contumaciously
superlativemost contumaciously

Origin of contumaciously

From contumacious + -ly.

Questions about contumaciously

What does contumaciously mean?
Contumaciously means in a contumacious manner.
What part of speech is contumaciously?
Contumaciously is an adverb.

Words near contumaciously in the dictionary

  1. contubernal
  2. contubernial
  3. contubernium
  4. contumacies
  5. contumacious
  6. contumaciously
  7. contumaciousness
  8. contumacities
  9. contumacity
  10. contumacy
  11. contumatious

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