indignantly

[in-dig-nuhnt-lee]

adverb

1. with a sense of injury or strong displeasure at something considered unjust, insulting, or offensive.

   If you speak to Canadians about annexation to the United States, they indignantly repudiate the idea.

Other Word Forms

• half-indignantly adverb
• superindignantly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of indignantly¹

indignant ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Across much of the country’s media spectrum, prominent pundits had long been hammering away at “entitlements,” indignantly claiming that welfare recipients, disproportionately people of color, were sponging off government largesse.

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“Why are you doing this?” he asked indignantly.

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“You cut me!” the arms and leg screamed indignantly, rising into the air as if by magic.

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Some of the immigrants are furious, shouting indignantly in Spanish and Creole.

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Chalk is enthralling as Baldwin, especially in a scene-chewing monologue near the close of his visit in which he indignantly lambastes Capote’s self-pity amid his incredible fortune.

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