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" (12 found)
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11 translations across 6 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- արհամարհաբար adv (in a disrespectful or discourteous manner)
- քամահրանքով adv (in a disrespectful or discourteous manner)
Finnish
2 entries- halveksien adv (in a disrespectful or discourteous manner)
- halveksuvasti adv (in a disrespectful or discourteous manner)
Italian
2 entries- irrispettosamente adv (in a disrespectful or discourteous manner)
- sprezzantemente adv (in a disrespectful or discourteous manner)
Latin
1 entries- contemptim adv (in a disrespectful or discourteous manner)
Macedonian
2 entries- пре́зирно adv (in a disrespectful or discourteous manner)
- пре́зриво adv (in a disrespectful or discourteous manner)
Russian
2 entries- презри́тельно adv (in a disrespectful or discourteous manner)
- снисходи́тельно adv (in a disrespectful or discourteous manner)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Tom looked at Mary contemptuously.
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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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