affront
noun
a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult.
affrontedly
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a word derived from
affront.
Example Sentences
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"Aw, well," he began affrontedly, "it was the little way she said it—" "Sh-sh!" said Mary Lou, white faced, heavy-eyed, at Alfred's door.
From Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris
