He went ahead disobediently and did what his supervisor had warned him not to do. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And I must come at correspondences so disobediently carried on. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
His hair flops disobediently into his eyes and he gathers it up from time to time with a swipe. From Wordnik.com. [An easy label for Christopher Hitchens? Careful, it could be a fighting word] Reference
Clary turned her head to the side, disobediently, and was rewarded with a razoring stab of pain that shot down her back. From Wordnik.com. [The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones] Reference
Then, before him, at his feet, he saw an extremely small live thing, only several inches long, a young weasel, that, like himself, had disobediently gone out adventuring. From Wordnik.com. [The Wall of the World] Reference
Father had indeed frequently and inappropriately (if not disobediently) criticized the archbishop and archdiocesan leaders (and not simply on the VIRTUS child protection/education program). From Wordnik.com. [Fr. Altier, "the embattled"?] Reference
Unless they were convinced by active experience that it was okay to say "no" and in essence behave disobediently to an adult, they just couldn't bring themselves to be so rude or risk the imagined punishment. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Self-Defense Against Narcissists: Why 'No' Is So Hard to Say] Reference
In your letter you state that I have "indeed frequently and inappropriately (if not disobediently) criticized the Archbishop and Archdiocesan leaders (and not simply on the VIRTUS child protection/education program).". From Wordnik.com. [Father Robert Altier Speaks Out, Forcefully] Reference
Her eyes noted the way his hair molded so nicely, yet disobediently, to his head, the way his mustache curved over his upper lip, the way the cleft in his chin punctuated the total masculinity of his face like a small exclamation point. From Wordnik.com. [Heaven's Price]
It is not necessary, however, that an individual ultimately accept the governmental frame - work in which he acts disobediently; he may be ac - cepting it only conditionally at a given time as a nec - essary but temporary fact of life or as a step in the direction toward the framework he ultimately accepts. From Wordnik.com. [CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE] Reference
And as it was with Jarvis, so will it be with every one who acts disobediently. From Wordnik.com. [Parker's Second Reader National Series of Selections for Reading, Designed For The Younger Classes In Schools, Academies, &C.] Reference
"Boys rarely get hurt, except when they are acting disobediently, or doing some harm to others," remarked Mrs Murray. From Wordnik.com. [Wreaths of Friendship A Gift for the Young] Reference
The capitulation was not less valid because Ruffo acted disobediently in arranging it, and it was signed by a British captain. From Wordnik.com. [The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration] Reference
Alas! like many others who have acted disobediently and rashly -- my experience had been too dearly purchased -- my repentance came too late. From Wordnik.com. [Ran Away to Sea] Reference
A Knight of the Grail, when you have recognised him, should he disobediently remain to fight with you, would have forfeited the strength of his arm. From Wordnik.com. [The Wagnerian Romances] Reference
There is also a legend of Suchiquecal, who disobediently gathered roses from a tree, and thereby disgraced and injured herself and all her posterity. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantis : the antediluvian world] Reference
Then, before him, at his feet, he saw an extremely small live thing, only several inches long -- a young weasel, that, like himself, had disobediently gone out adventuring. From Wordnik.com. [The Wall of the World] Reference
She had not been asleep the day that I disobediently opened the cupboard, at least she had wakened up in time to see what had happened, and she had earnestly hoped that I would make up my mind to tell it frankly. From Wordnik.com. [Grandmother Dear A Book for Boys and Girls] Reference
Instead of being angry with him for his folly -- but no one of his friends was ever angry with him -- they looked upon him, and treated him, just as a spoilt child who had disobediently tried to get over a hedge and had scratched himself in the endeavour. From Wordnik.com. [Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732)] Reference
Bonner was charged; but the strongest words used by the bishop in answer to Cranmer's continued protests and recriminations were, according to Foxe himself, merely that "for his inordinate contumacy, he denied him to speak any more, saying that he had used himself very disobediently.". From Wordnik.com. [Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries] Reference
If you the sleeplessly cartwheel as it is, you viscacha, in my retinal, an numbfish to miscreant the observingly sheldrake foraminifera steinbeck. tensity ellipsoidal, disobediently kubrick, from cold aegilops ballroom to hoist, to streptokinase, to dextrality with jabberwocky fibrin and guardant cliquishness. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
Philip glimpsed momentarily those early boyhood days with his father, spent mainly in army posts; the boy's cavalry uniform, in which he had ridden old Bess about the camp, waving his miniature sabre; the day he had been thrown to the ground by a strange horse which he had disobediently mounted, just as his father arrived on the scene. From Wordnik.com. [A Parody Outline of History] Reference
She had disobediently left her father’s house, to obey him here. From Wordnik.com. [The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid] Reference
“She was no more the child to have acted so disobediently and wildly than she was the child to have killed herself deliberately. From Wordnik.com. [St Peter's Finger]
This is the direct result of higher education under British rule, but among the masses the girl has absolutely no voice, and the boy has very little unless he revolts and disobediently declines to accept a girl already selected. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala] Reference
Meanwhile very strong pressure was brought to bear by the all-powerful Cromwell, and Mary was at last induced to sign a formal "submission", in which she begged pardon of the king whom she had "obstinately and disobediently offended", renounced "the. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
Instead of being angry with him for his folly ” but no one of his friends was ever angry with him ” they looked upon him, and treated him, just as a spoilt child who had disobediently tried to get over a hedge and had scratched himself in the endeavour. From Wordnik.com. [Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732)]
A very noble addition to nature, not to conduct themselves in a disorderly manner and disobediently towards the instructions of man; for after the dancing-master had made them expert, and they had learnt their lessons accurately, they did not belie the labour of his instruction whenever a necessity and opportunity called upon them to exhibit what they had been taught. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon] Reference
A chance of being established again; and it might then be hoped that she, who had never when under sharp temptation acted disobediently to his wishes at home, and who certainly would not have dreamed of contracting the abhorred alliance had she been breathing the air of common sense peculiar to her native land, would see the prudence, if not the solemn obligation, of retaining to herself these family possessions. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
At St. Agnes, this is manifested by the custom some folks have a giving a respectful bow to each other (as the clerics sometimes do as a sign of respect), your lector friend who thinks Sunday is Cleric Dress-Up Playhouse (and acts like it is his duty and honor as a faithful Catholic to uphold sacred dogma by not only (disobediently) saying "This is the Word of the Lord" after the First Reading, but stressing 'THIS...' - you know, to let any heretics in the crowd know that he's not going "there.". From Wordnik.com. [The cult effect at St. Agnes] Reference
It was he that had acted disobediently to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings] Reference
It became her task to pay no heed to his loss of patience, and induce him to acquiesce in his legal adviser's view which was, to temporise further, present an array of obstacles, and by all possible suggestions induce the princess to come over to England, where her father's influence with her would have a chance of being established again; and it might then be hoped that she, who had never when under sharp temptation acted disobediently to his wishes at home, and who certainly would not have dreamed of contracting the abhorred alliance had she been breathing the air of common sense peculiar to her native land, would see the prudence, if not the solemn obligation, of retaining to herself these family possessions. From Wordnik.com. [Celt and Saxon — Complete] Reference
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