Word Meanings - INOBEDIENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Not obedient; disobedient. Chaucer. -- In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv.
Related words: (words related to INOBEDIENT)
- DISOBEDIENTLY
In a disobedient manner. - DISOBEDIENT
1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts. This disobedient spirit in the colonies. Burke. - OBEDIENT
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. And floating straight, obedient to the stream. Shak. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command. - OBEDIENTIAL
According to the rule of obedience. An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. Sir M. Hale. - OBEDIENTLY
In an obedient manner; with obedience. - INOBEDIENT
Not obedient; disobedient. Chaucer. -- In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. - UNOBEDIENT
Disobedient. Milton.