Indignantly
[in'dignəntli]
Definition
(adv.) in an indignant manner; 'Miss Burney protested indignantly, her long thin nose turning pink with mortification at this irreverent piece of mimicry'.
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Definition
(adv.) In an indignant manner.
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Examples
- In disproof of which superfluous remark Sir Leicester has indignantly written on the slate, I am not. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The English and the Germans (he indignantly declared) were always reviling the Italians for their inability to cultivate the higher kinds of music. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Fond as I was of her, I felt indignantly the insult offered to me in that reply. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I think it was a very cheap wish of his, said Dorothea, indignantly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I didn't take it,' said Mr. Pickwick indignantly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I did not, said Worcester, half indignantly, I did not know that I was quite a fool; and at all events, I shall not intrude my folly on you if I am. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- To be sure--to be sure,' said the man with the camp-stool indignantly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Osborne shouted indignantly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If I pay her costs for her,' said Mr. Pickwick indignantly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- President, I indignantly protest to you that this is a forgery and a fraud. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- No, papa, interrupted she indignantly, that can't be true. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The agitated young man would have accepted it, in his confusion, had not Pott indignantly interposed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I indignantly deny it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And as was ever a-going to be married to a cook,' said that lady indignantly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- La, there an't any such thing as truth in that limb, said Rosa, looking indignantly at Topsy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I said, indignantly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I had better see my nephew at once,' said the old lady, twirling her reticule indignantly, and rising as she spoke. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mary exclaimed indignantly, blushing deeply, and surprised out of all her readiness in reply. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A pretty modest request upon my word, he indignantly exclaimed as they walked away. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- His mistake had been based upon Wildeve's words at the opening of the game, when he indignantly denied that the guinea was not his own. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- That fellow, said he, indignantly, thinks of nothing but shewing off his own voice. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Mrs. Snagsby indignantly expresses her belief that he is a limb of the arch-fiend. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Of course they will,' replied Mr. Winkle indignantly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You talk of marrying him, said she to her mother, quite indignantly, as she was lifted lightly to his knee, and he is married now, or as good. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Maces, bags, and purses indignantly proclaim silence and frown at the man from Shropshire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I never see sich a aggrawatin' boy as you are, Samivel,' said Mr. Weller, looking indignantly at his son; 'never in all my born days. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Wot's the matter with the man,' said Sam, indignantly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He is gone,' sobbed Bella indignantly, despairingly, in fifty ways at once, with her arms round Mrs Boffin's neck. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was a dear, grateful, gentle child, sir,' retorted Mrs. Bedwin, indignantly. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Such was his pride, that he indignantly took her away, as if from reproach and disgrace. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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