rebelliously

1. 1.

   in a rebellious manner

   “he rejected her words rebelliously”

   Synonymscontumaciouslydefiantly

Questions about rebelliously

What does rebelliously mean?

rebelliously means "in a rebellious manner".

How many syllables are in rebelliously?

rebelliously has 5 syllables: re-bel-li-ou-sly. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for rebelliously?

Close synonyms include contumaciously, defiantly. 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 rebelliously a common word?

rebelliously 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.