impertinently

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English impertinent Middle English -ly English -ly English impertinently From impertinent + -ly.

1. In an impertinent manner.

   “'Tis true, if Mythologie, and not demonſtrative reaſons vvere to be fixt upon in matters of Architecture, the former conceptions might be ſome ground to frame conjectures Stoneheng ſacred to Pan. But, Architecture depending upon demonſtration, not fancy, the fictions of Mythologiſts are no further to be embraced, then as not impertinently conducing to prove reall truths.”

   “[…]his royal highness the great camelopard, as he stood stretching his interminable neck over the railing, impertinently watching them in their recreation.”