impertinently
impertinently adverb: in an impertinent manner.
Adverb
impertinently (comparative more impertinently, superlative most impertinently)
- In an impertinent manner.
- 'Tis true, if Mythologie, and not demonſtrative reaſons vvere to be fixt upon in matters of Architecture, the former conceptions might be ſome ground to frame conjectures Stoneheng ſacred to Pan. But, Architecture depending upon demonſtration, not fancy, the fictions of Mythologiſts are no further...a. 1653 (date written), Inigo Jones, The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain, Vulgarly Called Stone-heng on Salisbury Plain. […], London: […] James Flesher for Daniel Pakeman […], and Laurence...
- […]his royal highness the great camelopard, as he stood stretching his interminable neck over the railing, impertinently watching them in their recreation.1854, Grace Greenwood [pseudonym; Sara Jane Lippincott], chapter III, in Haps and Mishaps of a Tour in Europe, Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, page 54
Forms of impertinently
| comparative | more impertinently |
|---|---|
| superlative | most impertinently |
Origin of impertinently
From impertinent + -ly.
Questions about impertinently
- What does impertinently mean?
- Impertinently means in an impertinent manner.
- What part of speech is impertinently?
- Impertinently is an adverb.
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