Definitions
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- adverb In a manner that
rebuffs .
Etymologies
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rebuffing + -ly
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Examples
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At first she answered rebuffingly; but one of the jovial spirits, a man who neither feared fire nor water, asked her right to her face if he might not have the civilized enjoyment of accompanying her home?
Hunger 2003
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At first she answered rebuffingly; but one of the jovial spirits, a man who neither feared fire nor water, asked her right to her face if he might not have the civilized enjoyment of accompanying her home?
Hunger Knut Hamsun 1905
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