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Adverb
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This Bride comes alive roughly and rudely not having given her consent either.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026 -
The writers are headed to Mohonk for a workshop, which will be rudely interrupted by, of course, a murder (or two) and subsequent chaos.—
Angela Lian,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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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.—
M. Gessen,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The neighbors say that motorcycle enthusiasts regularly drive recklessly and noisily along RM 2222 west of Loop 360 and that officers have not been able to reign in the behavior under existing city rules.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
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Police said Odom was driving more than 40 mph over the speed limit and recklessly changing lanes when he was pulled over.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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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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“Impudently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impudently. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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