impudently
English
Etymology
Adverb
impudently (comparative more impudently, superlative most impudently)
- In an impudent manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly.
- 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:
- Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]
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Translations
shamelessly — see shamelessly
References
- “impudently”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “impudently”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.