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contemptuously
[ kuhn-temp-choo-uhs-lee ]
adverb
- in a way that expresses contempt or disdain; scornfully:
He remained angrily and contemptuously silent and refused to answer.
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Other Words From
- half-con·temp·tu·ous·ly adverb
- non·con·temp·tu·ous·ly adverb
- un·con·temp·tu·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contemptuously1
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Example Sentences
In truth, the art of tobacco using is nowhere more ignored, nowhere more contemptuously neglected than in these 'favored isles.'
The labour of the spade and of the loom, and the petty gains of trade, he contemptuously abandoned to men of a lower caste.
Ask him to play on that string; Ill wager hell refuse, said the old man, contemptuously.
Not very probable,” said Sarah, contemptuously, “though I make no doubt the rebels got behind the logs.
We were contemptuously termed ‘pograms,’ a term of reproach the origin of which I have never learnt.
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