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How to use defiantly in a sentence

15 example sentences · adverb

Defiantly means in a defiant manner. Example: “"And I know she's my aunt, but she needn't pick at me all the time," she added defiantly.”

Examples of defiantly by meaning

adverbIn a defiant manner.

  • "And I know she's my aunt, but she needn't pick at me all the time," she added defiantly.1904, Margaret Sidney, chapter 15, in Five Little Peppers and their Friends
  • This was a defiantly unchic style of dress even in the late 1700s, and he wore the same outfit every day of his adult life.2015, Steve Silberman, chapter 1, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York...
  • "Well, then, you can send me to Coventry, you friends of Darrin, if you feel yourselves justified in doing it!" quivered Midshipman Jetson, tossing his head and glaring defiantly around the room.2006, H. Irving Hancock, Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis, →ISBN, page 159

More sentences with defiantly

  • Since Loreto's mythohistory preceded modern academic segregations, it defiantly spans historians' temporal divides.2018, Karin Vélez, The Miraculous Flying House of Loreto: Spreading Catholicism in the Early Modern World, Princeton University Press…. From the entry mythohistory
  • Her eyes flashed defiantly, then moisted over as she sobbed, “Men are really very suay.2012, The Amah Story, "http://www.singaporememory.sg/contents/SMB-cd8d1482-0ff1-4e5d-984b-1617ef528eae", Singapore Memory, 4 July 2013. From the entry laoya
  • “I care!” Philippe said defiantly, with a sideways glance at Loulou.1997, Barbara Sohmers, The Fox and the Puma, page 8. From the entry circusses
  • The young servant-guards stood defiantly, inching closer to the Dark Elf, swordtips flashing with reflected candlelight.1993, Mercedes Lackey, Mark Shepherd, Prison of Souls, Riverdale, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry swordtip
  • Roland defiantly accepts the post of danger; the douzepers and other knights join him.1967, J[onathan] Burke Seyers, editor, A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050–1500. […], New Haven, Conn.: Connecticut Academy…. From the entry douzeper
  • "Why," defiantly explains the secretaryess of the treasury, "I ran my department just as I ran my home.1915, John Ames Mitchell, Life, page 1083. From the entry secretaryess
  • Behind the plaque a brass and jaunty Joyce re-juggles book, stick and cigarette, defiantly dandy, unparanoid at last beneath his canopy of ferns.1974, Samuel John Hazo, Quartered. From the entry unparanoid
  • "That's the scuttlebutt," Bronson said defiantly.1962 September, Richard McKenna, chapter 9, in The Sand Pebbles […], New York, N.Y.; Evanston, Ill.: Harper & Row, →OCLC, page 137. From the entry scuttlebutt
  • 'You big blanks,' Maidie yelled defiantly.1962, John Lehmann, Alan Ross, London Magazine - Volume 2, page 30. From the entry something something
  • Gaily painted, with lots of sheer and a defiantly jaunty look to them, the dories have been pleasing the eyes of their beholders for nearly a century.1978 March, Steven H. Rubin, “The St. Pierre Dory: An Endangered Species”, in Boating, volume 43, number 3, →ISSN, page 72. From the entry dory
  • "It appears to be the general opinion that it's my business to always shout - I will shout." He took up a hat and defiantly cast twopence into it.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 16. From the entry shout
  • When Mina went in again, Woona was still squatted among the ashes; she was silent as Mina entered, but her black eyes rolled defiantly and her lower lip fell snarlingly.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry snarlingly

Meaning of defiantly

  1. adverb In a defiant manner.

Full definition of defiantly

Questions about defiantly in a sentence

How do you use defiantly in a sentence?
Defiantly is used as an adverb. For example: “"And I know she's my aunt, but she needn't pick at me all the time," she added defiantly.”
What is a short sentence with defiantly?
“"That's the scuttlebutt," Bronson said defiantly.”
What does defiantly mean?
Defiantly means in a defiant manner.

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