impertinently

1. 1.

   in an impudent or impertinent manner

   “a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently”

   Synonymssaucilypertlyfreshlyimpudently

Questions about impertinently

What does impertinently mean?

impertinently means "in an impudent or impertinent manner".

How many syllables are in impertinently?

impertinently has 5 syllables: im-per-ti-nent-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for impertinently?

Close synonyms include saucily, pertly, freshly, impudently. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is impertinently a common word?

impertinently is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.