insolently
adverb
insolently is an adverb meaning “In an insolent manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-S-O-L-E-N-T-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 23 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does insolently mean?
adverb
- 1
In an insolent manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of insolently
- more insolently comparative
- most insolently superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is insolently?
Insolently appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Insolently in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in an insolent manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | insolemment |
| Portuguese | insolentemente |
| Spanish | insolentemente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does insolently come from?
From insolent + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).