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Definition
rude and disrespectful behavior — often made by someone who does not realize they are being rude — as when someone is presumptuous or impolitely bold
- He denied with bland effrontery.29-30 — Chapters 29-30 (62% in)
- In due course they were moved up, having learned little but a cheerful effrontery in the distortion of truth, which was possibly of greater service to them in after life than an ability to read Latin at sight.17-18 — Chapters 17-18 (7% in)
There are no more uses of "effrontery" in Of Human Bondage.
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