INDIGNANTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does indignantly mean? 

• INDIGNANTLY (adverb)
  The adverb INDIGNANTLY has 1 sense:

1. in an indignant manner

  Familiarity information: INDIGNANTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIGNANTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an indignant manner

Context example:

Miss Burney protested indignantly, her long thin nose turning pink with mortification at this irreverent piece of mimicry

Pertainym:

indignant (angered at something unjust or wrong)

 Context examples 

"Only a mouse!" cried the little animal, indignantly. "Why, I am a Queen—the Queen of all the Field Mice!"

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

“I think the better of her for it,” said I, indignantly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"I don't truckle, and I hate being patronized as much as you do!" returned Amy indignantly, for the two still jangled when such questions arose.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"And is that all you can say for him?" cried Marianne, indignantly.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

“Mr. Elton indeed!” cried Harriet indignantly.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“A pretty modest request upon my word,” he indignantly exclaimed as they walked away.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Elizabeth could not conceive how such an absurd suspicion should occur to her, and indignantly answered for each party's perfectly knowing their situation.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The young chief walked at our head as our guide, but refused indignantly to carry any burden.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Judge Scott's suggestion of a trained nurse was indignantly clamoured down by the girls, who themselves undertook the task.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I felt quite amused at his unwarranted choler, and while he stumped indignantly up and down I fell to dwelling upon the romance of the fog.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)