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: in-so-lent-ly. The stress falls on "so".

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.