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# indignantly

«indignantly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In an angry, offended way, because you think something is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

In an angry, offended way, because you think something is unfair or insulting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indignantly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A very common word in children's classics: «said Alice indignantly», «Toad replied indignantly». It shows a character feels wronged and is protesting. Alice speaks indignantly many times in Wonderland when the creatures are rude to her.

### examples

- «I'm not a serpent!» said Alice indignantly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indignantly/#x1)
- «I didn't do it!» Tom replied indignantly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indignantly/#x2)
- Toad indignantly denied that he had stolen the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indignantly/#x3)
- The cat looked indignantly at the dog in its basket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indignantly/#x4)
- She indignantly pointed out that it was her turn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indignantly/#x5)
- «Who are you calling silly?» asked the Mock Turtle indignantly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indignantly/#x6)
- "The Wolf!" exclaimed the Sheep indignantly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indignantly/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «indignant»; noun «indignation». Similar: crossly, angrily, resentfully. «Indignant» means angry about unfairness, not just angry.

### Trees and pragmatics

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