ARROGANTLY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

arrogantly

adverb

as in boldly

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Recent Examples of arrogantly The characters are all in a continual state of collision, their shifting conflicts inflamed by Coriolanus’ arrogantly uncompromising nature. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 But the majority in 2019 said federal courts aren’t competent to decide when gerrymandering goes too far, even when the culprits arrogantly boast about it, as some did in Tallahassee. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026 Kiffin was arrogantly miffed, but Carter was so right. — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025

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But the schedule doesn’t stint on fiction, which shows up in boldly expectation-defying forms.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
Jackson has responded accordingly and spoken boldly about the offense’s potential.

— Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of boldly

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The aides arranged press junkets, invented sources, and planted stories that brazenly inverted popular views.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
So brazenly setting up the next chapter before finishing the first undercuts an otherwise solid finish, but Season 2 is peppered with hallmarks of a series stalling for time.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of brazenly

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Still, Beck didn’t seem to want to talk, in private or in the media, about having grown up as the child of a successful music-industry hustler — much less one who was so proudly and publicly involved with a controversial religious movement.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
The killing, often deliberate, of more than twenty thousand children in Gaza injured consciences, not purses, and consciences could be managed with some ritual censuring of Benjamin Netanyahu or his proudly bigoted colleagues.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of proudly

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Hazel swung the lamp in her hand and looked contemptuously at Ginny, surrounded by the naturalists and the teachers, who whispered encouragement.

— Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Men sneered contemptuously at them, while teenagers used their names as insults.

— Mikhail Zygar, Vanity Fair, 7 Jan. 2026

Definition of contemptuously

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Nike has no shortage of bold sneaker designs in its archive and yet, there is perhaps no model as audaciously branded as the Air More Uptempo.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026
All the entries are highly personal, bracingly creative and audaciously inventive recreations of immortal standards familiar throughout the world.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026

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