half-defiantly

• a word derived from defiantly.
  defiantly

  adverb

  with daring or bold resistance to authority.

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half-defiantly

Upon his brow the perspiration gathered, but his lip curled half-scornfully, half-defiantly.

From The Strollers by Harrison Fisher

Samuel's eyes sought the governor's face, half-defiantly, half-wistfully.

From The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country by Elma Ehrlich Levinger

With her touch lingering upon it, she sat for some moments afterwards, looking at it steadily and half-defiantly.

From Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

Brangwyn she marries, doubtfully, half-defiantly, despite the difference in years between them; Antonina is taken as a companion and very soon developes into a sick-nurse.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 22, 1917 by Various

"No one cares for me," he said, half-defiantly.

From The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

More Suggestions

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• self-definition