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- This conscious expression, since it was as far as possible from boyish mirthfulness, was usually attributed to insolence or "smartness."†
*insolence = rude, disrespectful behavior or action
- He added: "I don't really believe that smile of his comes altogether from insolence; there's something sort of haunted about it.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(insolent) rudely disrespectful -- especially toward someone in authority
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)