impertinently
Example Sentences
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The Saab driver looked up the mountain road and then turned the Saab so that the rear was impertinently pointing up the hill.
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022
When Persie impertinently climbs into the front seat next to him and demands that he call her “Lady Persie,” Spargo orders her to the back.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2011
At a time when voting was extended to more working men, its newly enfranchised visitors could rant at a disliked politician or stare impertinently into the eyes of royalty.
From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2011
No one is to speak impertinently or beside the question, superfluously or tediously.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2011
Corporal Whitcomb sauntered back in wearing a shiny new smirk and leaned his elbow impertinently against the center pole of the chaplain’s tent.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
