Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a manner that causes offense or shows disrespect: The word "insultingly" describes an action done in a way that is rude, scornful, or hurtful to someone's dignity or feelings.
   • To an extreme and offensive degree: It can also describe something done to such a degree that it is considered contemptuous or demeaning.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • He spoke insultingly to the waiter, criticizing him for a minor mistake.
  • The offer was insultingly low, far below the item's actual value.
  • She looked at him insultingly, as if he were beneath her notice.

Advanced Usage

• Used to modify adjectives: "Insultingly" can be placed before an adjective to emphasize that the quality is offensively extreme.
  • The job paid an insultingly small salary.
  • His comment was insultingly simplistic.

Variants and Related Words

• Insult (verb/noun): To speak to or treat with disrespect; a disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or action.
  • It was an insult to their intelligence.
• Insulting (adjective): Causing offense; disrespectful.
  • He made an insulting remark.
• Insulter (noun): A person who insults.

Synonyms

• Disrespectfully: In a manner showing a lack of respect.
• Contemptuously: In a scornful way that shows the belief that someone or something is worthless.
• Offensively: In a manner that causes resentment or annoyance.

Antonyms

• Respectfully: In a way that shows deference or admiration.
• Politely: In a courteous and considerate manner.
• Complimentarily: In a way that expresses praise or admiration.

Related Phrases

• To add insult to injury: To make a bad situation worse by causing further humiliation or distress.
  • After losing the match, to add insult to injury, the coach publicly criticized the team's effort.

Adverb

1. in an unfair and insulting manner
   • this internationally known writer was foully condemned by the Muslim fundamentalists
2. in a disrespectful and insulting manner
   • he behaves insultingly toward his parents