Definition of Contumaciously

1. Adverb. In a rebellious manner. "He rejected her words rebelliously"

Exact synonyms: Defiantly, Rebelliously
Partainyms: Contumacious, Defiant, Rebellious

Definition of Contumaciously

1. Adverb. In a contumacious manner ¹

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Definition of Contumaciously

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contumaciously

controversors
controversy
controvert
controverted
controverter
controverters
controvertible
controvertibly
controverting
controvertist
controvertists
controverts
contubernal
contumacies
contumacious
contumaciously (current term)
contumaciousness
contumacy
contumelies
contumelious
contumeliously
contumeliousness
contumely
contund
contunded
contunds
conturbation
conturbed
contuse
contused

Literary usage of Contumaciously

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... in these delicate proceedings between the Crown and the subject, the testimony of any witness who has remained in court, whether contumaciously ..."

2. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1849)
"... not devoutly attending to the commands of the holy father, contumaciously began to kick against the apostolic mandate. For as soon as he returned home, ..."

3. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"... not devoutly attending to the commands of the holy father, contumaciously began to kick against the apostolic mandate. For as soon as he returned home, ..."

4. The History of the First Baptist Church of Boston (1665-1899) by Nathan Eusebius Wood (1899)
"... never having used any means to convince the church of any irregular proceeding, but continuing peremptorily and contumaciously to justifie his schism. ..."

5. Report of Debates in the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal by Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference, Robert Athow West (1855)
"... violated by him—that he was righteously liable to the consequences of that violation—that he had acted in the matter voluntarily and contumaciously, ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1872)
"227: "The charge goes on, «for having wilfully and contumaciously obstructed,' if that had been the specific offence, I should have thought that the charge ..."

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