insubordinate
adjective
not submitting to authority; disobedient.
insubordinately
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a word derived from
insubordinate.
Example Sentences
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But Hamilton kept his car as slow as possible, even answering, for an employee of a racing team, insubordinately.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2016
“And did you give him no occasion for behaving so insubordinately, sir?” asked the skipper, looking Mr Macdougall straight in the face with a piercing glance, as if defying him to answer him untruthfully.
From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by William Heysham Overend
Most of her consorts insubordinately separated from the Bon Homme Richard.
From Israel Potter by Herman Melville
“That is as may be,” returned Clare insubordinately.
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Emily Sarah Holt
He bowed to the officers, as they saluted, and went out of the door muttering and arguing noisily and insubordinately, it must be admitted, and then turned to the table where the secretaries sat.
From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Cyrus Townsend Brady
