impertinent
adjective
intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil.
impertinently
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a word derived from
impertinent.
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
Heliot Emil: The Copenhagen brand is drastically minimalist and impertinently unisex.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2017
No one is to speak impertinently or beside the question, superfluously or tediously.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2011
The leap, prefaced by bounding woodwind, juts impertinently upwards, while the chromatic descent, thanks to the addition of an extra note, has mutated into a yielding moan.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2010
“She meant to be impertinently curious, just as such an Anne Cox should be.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
