insolently

1. 1.

   in an insolent manner

   “he had replied insolently to his superiors”

Questions about insolently

What does insolently mean?

insolently means "in an insolent manner".

How many syllables are in insolently?

insolently has 4 syllables and divides as in-so-lent-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is insolently a common word?

insolently 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.