Disdainfully

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a disdainful manner.

    ""There are other people coming besides the Princess Ziska, are there not, Mr. Murray?" inquired Sir Chetwynd Lyle, with an obtrusively bantering air. Denzil Murray glanced him over disdainfully."

Adverb
  1. 1
    without respect; in a disdainful manner wordnet
  2. 2
    in a proud and domineering manner wordnet

Synonyms

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contemptuouslycavalierlycondescendinglycontemptuouslycontumeliouslyloftily

Example

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""There are other people coming besides the Princess Ziska, are there not, Mr. Murray?" inquired Sir Chetwynd Lyle, with an obtrusively bantering air. Denzil Murray glanced him over disdainfully."

Etymology

From disdainful + -ly.

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