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# defiantly

«defiantly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a way that shows you refuse to obey or are openly…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Defiantly means in a way that shows you refuse to obey or are openly standing up against someone or something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiantly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, characters act defiantly against bullies, tyrants or rules: «she lifted her chin defiantly». It can show bravery (standing up to unfairness) or rudeness (refusing to do as asked), depending on the story. Phrases: «stare defiantly», «answer defiantly».

### examples

- The boy folded his arms and stared defiantly at the bully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiantly/#x1)
- «I won't go!» she said defiantly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiantly/#x2)
- The little flag waved defiantly in the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiantly/#x3)
- The prisoners sang defiantly in their cells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiantly/#x4)
- He defiantly refused to tidy his room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiantly/#x5)
- The tree stood defiantly after the hurricane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiantly/#x6)

### note

Adjective: defiant; noun: defiance; verb: defy. Spelling trap: defiantly (refusing) is often confused with definitely (surely) — check the letters: defi-ANT-ly vs defin-ITE-ly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «defiantly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defiantly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.