Instead of slapping him in the face, she spit in it, and walked contemptuously away.
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Contemptuously
/kənˈtɛmp.t͡ʃu.əs.li/
Synonyms for "contemptuously" (14 found)
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5 entriesact contemptuously towardcontemptuously dismisscontemptuously rejectlook contemptuously atspeak contemptuously of
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16 total sentences available.
Tom looked at Mary contemptuously.
Source: tatoeba (3729935)
He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.
Source: tatoeba (5650615)
Think what you are doing, Lady Ashton: you are making a mortal enemy of a young man who is likely to have the means of harming us——” “Did you ever know a Douglas who feared an enemy?” answered the lady, contemptuously.
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