disobedient
adjective
neglecting or refusing to obey; not submitting; refractory.
disobediently
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a word derived from
disobedient.
Example Sentences
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The problem is that the public, disobediently giggling over their social media accounts, reckon they’ve already got the scoop without needing to see the film.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 7, 2016
Ignatius snapped more vigorously, but again the point slid disobediently back out of sight.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
"Must I tell you for the first time in your life, that you are acting disobediently?" he asked.
From Basil by Wilkie Collins
And I must come at correspondences so disobediently carried on.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Samuel Richardson
She had disobediently left her father's house, to obey him here.
From The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid by Thomas Hardy
