scornfully
with derision or contempt:As the others came up out of breath behind her, she said to them scornfully, "Neither of you knows how to run."
Origin of scornfully
1Other words from scornfully
- un·scorn·ful·ly, adverb
Words Nearby scornfully
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How to use scornfully in a sentence
The real-life superheroes mostly hand out food to homeless people, he reports scornfully.
I should worry if Burd has a dozen maiden aunts,” observed Amy scornfully, “and they all knitted him red wristlets!
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseMontague scornfully thanked them for the inestimable service which they had done him.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayAnd above all, if Isabel Otis should be permitted any sort of contact with the Club she has scornfully refused to join.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonMrs Everett drew herself up in with an effect of injured dignity and looked scornfully at Gibbs.
In the Onyx Lobby | Carolyn Wells
"Let the women and papooses sit in the sun at the door of the Peace Wigwam," they said scornfully.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children | Mabel Powers
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