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Definition
rudely disrespectful
- But he had more brains and more inner dignity and outer insolence and humor than any man that he had ever known.Chapter 18 (28% in)
insolence = rude disrespect
- Kashkin had made him out to be a hell of a fellow and Karkov had at first been insultingly polite and then, when Robert Jordan had not played at being a hero but had told a story that was really funny and obscenely discreditable to himself, Karkov had shifted from the politeness to a relieved rudeness and then to insolence and they had become friends.Chapter 18 (29% in)
- She was his wife and he said something to her in Russian that no one could hear and for a moment the insolence that had been in his eyes as he entered the room was gone.Chapter 32 (22% in)
- "Liquidated," the officer said insolently as though speaking to himself.Chapter 40 (47% in)
- Karkov said insolently, nodding toward the map.Chapter 42 (66% in)
There are no more uses of "insolent" in For Whom the Bell Tolls.
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