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impertinently

/im-pur-tn-uhnt/US // ɪmˈpɜr tn ənt //UK // (ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənt) //

无礼地,无意中,不客气地,无意中的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil: a brash, impertinent youth.
    • : not pertinent or relevant; irrelevant: an impertinent detail.
    • : Archaic. inappropriate, incongruous, or absurd.
    • : Obsolete. trivial, silly, or absurd.

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Examples

  • I dig out strings of beads so impertinently large that they could never have been spat from the mere entrails of an oyster.

  • Some one present had spoken very wrongly and impertinently of one of the curates, making suggestions of evil in his remarks.

  • Mr Arnold followed my example; but looked at me, I do not know how—impertinently—as if he thought I did not dislike him.

  • The question of money, nowadays impertinently thrust forth, was never hinted at in the olden time.

  • She just lay and stared at me and said, quite impertinently, that she didn't remember ever having met me.

  • Never scans a lady's dress impertinently, and makes no rude remarks about her.