insubordinately

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

insubordinate +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

insubordinately (comparative more insubordinately, superlative most insubordinately)

  1. In an insubordinate manner.
    • 2007 July 31, Ginia Bellafante, “A Los Angeles Speculator Sold on Himself”, in New York Times[1]:
      This is a task dispatched to one of three assistants, from whom he demands formal, written apologies when they behave insubordinately.