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affrontedly
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English
Etymology
Adverb
affrontedly (comparative more affrontedly, superlative most affrontedly)
- (obsolete) shamelessly or in an offended manner
- 1616, Francis Bacon, Act of Council on Commendam Case:
- his Majesty had observed that ever since his coming to the crown , the popular sort of lawyers have been the men that most affrontedly in all Parliaments have trodden upon his prerogative
References
- “affrontedly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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