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in·so·lent    Audio Help   [in-suh-luhnt] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
–noun
2.an insolent person.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L insolent- (s. of insoléns) departing from custom, equiv. to in- in-3 + sol- (s. of solére to be accustomed) + -ent- -ent]

—Related forms
in·so·lent·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. brazen; contemptuous. See impertinent.
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in·so·lent    Audio Help   (ĭn'sə-lənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.
  2. Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent.


[Middle English, from Latin īnsolēns, īnsolent-, immoderate, arrogant : in-, not; see in-1 + solēns, present participle of solēre, to be accustomed.]

in'so·lent n., in'so·lent·ly adv.
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insolently

adverb
in an insolent manner; "he had replied insolently to his superiors" 

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Insolently

In"so*lent*ly\, adv. In an insolent manner.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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