defiantly
adverb/dɪˈfaɪəntli/
/dɪˈfaɪəntli/
- in a way that shows you refuse to obey somebody/something, sometimes aggressively
- ‘No,’ she said defiantly.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDefiantly is used with these verbs:- stare
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