impudently
advEtymology From impudent + -ly.
1
In an impudent manner; with unblushing effrontery; insolently.
- Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:
- 'Oh certainly,' retorted Tinette impudently, as she flounced out of the room.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 67: