Insubordinately

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an insubordinate manner.

    "This is a task dispatched to one of three assistants, from whom he demands formal, written apologies when they behave insubordinately."

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"This is a task dispatched to one of three assistants, from whom he demands formal, written apologies when they behave insubordinately."

Etymology

From insubordinate + -ly.

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