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Meanings of very insolent in English

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Usage of very insolent in English
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Nay, she is very insolent in presuming to be the only person invulnerable.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
2
I did not ask for anything more, but I thought Therese very insolent.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
3
Old man, you must have been a very insolent fellow in your youth!
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
4
Mrs. Van was very insolent to him,-andeven turned him out of the house.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
5
She has written three letters to me: very insolent ones.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7
6
He was very insolent just now, and I lacked composure.
Cosmopolis — Volume 2
7
Ming Long expressed himself in a very insolent manner.
The irish devil
8
When she came to the Home she was very insolent and bad-tempered, and would do nothing.
Regeneration / Being an Account of the Social Work of The Salvat...
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He was very insolent and demanded a dollar.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851
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So he says, very insolent, 'Guess again.
A Confederacy of Dunces
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And turning towards Clemence, he added: You know, my lovely, you're wrong to be to very insolent.
L'Assommoir
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After a pause, both the representatives of Parma began to wrangle with the envoy in very insolent fashion.
History of the United Netherlands, 1588a
13
Whaley went swaggering by him, and as he passed issued an unnecessary order in a very insolent manner.
Winter Evening Tales
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He was very insolent to me.
Tom Slade's Double Dare
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He refused, and was very insolent.
The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life. Volume...
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Listening to these words, in which a very insolent idea was contained, she laughed and turned her eyes away.
The Argonauts
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