Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an arrant manner; notoriously; impudently: in a bad sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
arrant manner; utterly, thoroughly, outright.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Twice her lips moved to the verge of speech; yet, caught so arrantly in the act, she was unable to phrase any passing thought.
CHAPTER XIX 2010
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I boxed, swam, sailed, rode horses, lived in the open an arrantly healthful life, and passed life insurance examinations with flying colours.
Chapter 29 2010
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R—, a woman with whom I was more than casually preoccupied during my last few months in the city, and who belonged to a top-story, hands-off-you-sodden-peasant Garden District social caste, owned a large, enviable collection of 1970s soul LPs that she had arranged in a kind of rampart around her unmade, canopied, arrantly invitational bed.
Living With Music: Bill Cotter - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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R—, a woman with whom I was more than casually preoccupied during my last few months in the city, and who belonged to a top-story, hands-off-you-sodden-peasant Garden District social caste, owned a large, enviable collection of 1970s soul LPs that she had arranged in a kind of rampart around her unmade, canopied, arrantly invitational bed.
Living With Music: Bill Cotter - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mother Hubbard election bone arrantly thrown where doing nothing was viewed as wise business.
Archive 2007-07-01 Ivan Donn Carswell 2007
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By the time they reached the rail station plaza the next morning, the sun was warm and arrantly bright.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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By the time they reached the rail station plaza the next morning, the sun was warm and arrantly bright.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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By the time they reached the rail station plaza the next morning, the sun was warm and arrantly bright.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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By the time they reached the rail station plaza the next morning, the sun was warm and arrantly bright.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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By the time they reached the rail station plaza the next morning, the sun was warm and arrantly bright.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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