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DISOBEDIENTLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disobediently mean?
• DISOBEDIENTLY (adverb)
The adverb DISOBEDIENTLY has 1 sense:
1. in a disobedient manner
Familiarity information: DISOBEDIENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a disobedient manner
Context example:
he went ahead disobediently and did what his supervisor had warned him not to do
Antonym:
obediently (in an obedient manner)
Pertainym:
disobedient (not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority)
Context examples
Then, before him, at his feet, he saw an extremely small live thing, only several inches long, a young weasel, that, like himself, had disobediently gone out adventuring.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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