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scornfully

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈskɔɹnfəli/Part of speech adverbSorted cfllnorsuyStarts with SEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. without respect; in a disdainful manner

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English scornfully; equivalent to scornful + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • "Do they not sneakingly bestow on me their crass inability to do anything with their own misbegotten progeny, a subterfuge which I scornfully fub off on text-books?"
  • "Get drunk! Damn it, I am drunk," he said scornfully.
  • 'What does he look like?' asks John Halgard. 'A salesman,' says Gerontius scornfully.

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