rebelliously

Examples

• All

• "She talks funny, too," muttered Red rebelliously.

  Fiction book (1990)

• "No, I wouldn't," she muttered rebelliously.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Well, the hell with it, I thought rebelliously.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Rebelliously, she took his arm to prove he was more than just an accessory.

  Fiction book (2001)

• "I'd like a special treat myself," Scarlett thought rebelliously.

  Fiction book (1991)

• My stomach growled rebelliously.

  Fiction book (1999)

• This became apparent when the "Black Lives Matter" movement was quickly met by obstinate supporters of police officers, rebelliously retorting chants of "All Lives Matter" and "Blue Lives Matter."

  Academic text (2018)

• Crucially, headphones also produce silence and thereby allow for passengers to converse with each other while others engage media technologies, or perhaps more rebelliously to "talk back" to the screen media in the airplane.

  Academic text (2016)

• The students rebelliously ignored the principal's commands during the protest.

• She spoke rebelliously, challenging the rules that had been imposed on her.

Synonyms

D

defiantly

vsrebelliously

16 5.4

In a bold way that shows you refuse to obey

is about a general wish to resist rather than a loud challenge

M

mutinously

vsrebelliously

1 8.4

In a way that shows you refuse to obey someone in charge

is broader, showing a general desire to resist control or rules

C

contumaciously

vsrebelliously

• Formal

9.9

To refuse to obey people in charge in a stubborn way

is a general wish to resist rather than ongoing stubborn refusal

D

disobediently

vsrebelliously

5.1

In a way that refuses to obey rules or people in charge

expresses a resisting desire rather than only simple noncompliance

Antonyms

O

obediently

12 2.7

In a willing way to do what someone says

S

submissively

1 5.3

In a quiet, humble way that shows you obey someone

How Rebellious

subversively

1 7.8

insubordinately

9.2

defiantly

16 5.4

rebelliously

1 6.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology