contemptuously adv.
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contemptuously[ adv ]
without respect; in a disdainful manner
<adv.all>
she spoke of him contemptuously
Contemptuously \Con*temp"tu*ous*ly\, adv.
In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain;
despitefully.
The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and
used contemptuously. --Jer. Taylor.
- And even among those who speak contemptuously of the government, the tendency is to question the decision of the United States to continue arming the guerrillas after the Soviets left Feb. 15.
- Sakharov contemptuously appraises nationalism as a sort of peripheral nuisance, which hinders the glorious advance of mankind, but is doomed shortly to disappear.