insultingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The union has also expressed outrage over what it described as an insultingly low pay offer.
From Los Angeles Times
“The sky was insultingly blue, a mean joke … The sun was like a drunk at a party, menacing and vivacious.”
From Los Angeles Times
"Instead Uber's insultingly low fees force drivers to spend so long on the roads that in many cases relationships rupture and families are broken up," it added.
From BBC
Mediacom offered the foundation $2,500 in exchange for a waiver of future claims, an amount Ms. Pierce rejected as insultingly small.
From New York Times
The woman on the line told her that she was eligible for $200 in compensation, which Barrett found insultingly inadequate for everything she had dealt with over the years.
From Salon
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