mutinously

[ myoot-n-uhs-lee ]

/ ˈmyut n əs li /

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adverb

in a way that expresses resistance to or revolt against authority: My disgruntled toddler was sitting mutinously on the couch, clutching the remote and challenging me to remove it from him.

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Origin of mutinously

mutinous + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM mutinously

non·mu·ti·nous·ly, adverbun·mu·ti·nous·ly, adverb

Words nearby mutinously

muti, muticous, mutilate, mutineer, mutinous, mutinously, mutiny, mutism, Mutsuhito, mutt, Mutt and Jeff

How to use mutinously in a sentence

And Nichette, mutinously obedient, ran away, leaving Persis shivering indeed with a chill.
What Will People Say?|Rupert Hughes
She shut her lips tightly over her little clenched teeth, and he saw the blue eyes flash mutinously.
Guy Kenmore's Wife and The Rose and the Lily|Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
Her small breast arose mutinously, while that cast-off sensation kept growing and growing.
Nothing But the Truth|Frederic S. Isham
Dinah (mutinously, rising quickly and crossing to stool on which she kneels and looks up into George's face and bangs the table).
Mr. Pim Passes By|Alan Alexander Milne

Heretofore they must have been traitorously below their duty, or now mutinously beyond it.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844|Various