as in disdainfully
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Recent Examples of impertinently
Good was in a relationship with a woman, and her partner, who is butch, spoke impertinently to an ICE officer, so there, Good wasn’t your average white mother after all.
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M. Gessen, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
M. Gessen, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impertinently
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The camera then switches from the chaos of the puppy, to the kitten—who is sitting in a relaxed position, blinking slowly, and staring almost disdainfully at the wriggling puppy.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Bella, in her podcast conversation with Trinny Woodall, recalled that once, at a village post office, a shop assistant disdainfully called her a hippie.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Or, will he be inclined to rashly respond similarly to former Customs and Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem?—
Tony Lux,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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With Mercury going retrograde in this part of the sky on February 26, just don’t sign anything too rashly or hastily, because the potential for errors and misunderstandings is high right now.—
Steph Koyfman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Jan. 2026
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Sunday, when a BSO deputy saw a white GMC van driving recklessly in the 4000 block of Southwest 33rd Avenue in West Park, according to a BSO news release issued Monday afternoon.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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That, and a refusal to scale recklessly.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Not to mention a sense of entitlement that one's own culture is superior and treating others disrespectfully, even in their own homes – sometimes literally.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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Isak’s actions were disrespectfully militant, but Newcastle damagingly bungled the situation.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Somehow, though, the passionate extroverted character triggered something deep inside Penn; his Milk is occasionally awkward, incredibly warm, and fearlessly energetic.—
Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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Armed with beauty, daring, hustle, sheer force of will and unwavering ambition, Undine battles an entrenched elite, fearlessly courting controversy, until love and fortune align.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Impertinently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impertinently. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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