Scornfully

//ˈskɔɹnfəli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively.

    ""Do they not sneakingly bestow on me their crass inability to do anything with their own misbegotten progeny, a subterfuge which I scornfully fub off on text-books?""

Adverb
  1. 1
    without respect; in a disdainful manner wordnet

Synonyms

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contemptuouslycontemptuouslycontumeliouslydisdainfullysardonically

Example

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"At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English scornfully; equivalent to scornful + -ly (adverbial suffix).

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