De·fi·ant a. Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.
In attitude stern and defiant. --Longfellow.
-- De*fi*ant*ly, adv. -- De*fi*ant*ness, n.
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defiantly
adv : in a rebellious manner; "he rejected her words rebelliously"
[syn: rebelliously, contumaciously]