rebelliously

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

REBEL'LIOUSLY, adverb With design to throw off the authority of legitimate government; in opposition to the government, to which one is bound by allegiance; with violent or obstinate disobedience to lawful authority.
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