disdainfully
in a way that shows contempt or scorn:Once disdainfully regarded as mosquito-infested swamps, wetlands today are appreciated for providing critical wildlife habitat, assisting with water purification, and helping to store water during storms and floods.
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How to use disdainfully in a sentence
Dishes prepared by Child, she snorted disdainfully, were merely good hotel fare, nothing special.
‘Sybille Bedford’ is a gossipy appreciation of an oft-overlooked literary great | Michael Dirda | February 17, 2021 | Washington PostThe general public used it disdainfully, but it was meaningful.
Death of ‘Gamer’ Identity: How Hardcore Trolls Pwned Themselves | Alec Kubas-Meyer | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHannah Arendt complained disdainfully about the "art of being happy ... between dog and cat and flowerpot."
Zany, Cute, Interesting: What the Words We Use Say About Us | Benjamin Lytal | October 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the suit, the preschool classroom was described disdainfully as "just one big playroom."
As for Hillary Clinton, once the darling of the pro-Israel community, “she is just an employee,” Foxman says disdainfully.
Dazzled by the more lavish gifts, she looked listlessly and disdainfully at bodkins, three for twopence.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeHe took the ten-dollar bank note from his pocket, straightened out the wrinkles and looked at it disdainfully.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerMy father stopped, looked at me disdainfully, and contented himself with saying, "I believe you are mad."
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsShe smiled disdainfully, and a few deep wrinkles appeared on her pallid cheeks.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacInstead they obey the clucking of the mother hen, and "tweet" disdainfully at their haughty sire.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthur
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