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scoffingly

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scoff 1  (skf, skôf)
v. scoffed, scoff·ing, scoffs
v.tr.
To mock at or treat with derision.
v.intr.
To show or express derision or scorn.
n.
An expression of derision or scorn.
[Middle English scoffen, from scof, mockery, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish skof, jest, teasing.]
scoffer n.
scoffing·ly adv.
scoff 2  (skf, skôf)
v. scoffed, scoff·ing, scoffs Slang
v.tr.
To eat (food) quickly and greedily.
v.intr.
To eat greedily.
[Alteration of obsolete scaff.]
scoffer n.
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Adv.1.scoffingly - in a disrespectful and mocking manner; "`Sorry,' she repeated derisively"
derisively, derisorily, mockingly
Translations
scoffingly
adv → spöttisch, verächtlich


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Roxy laughed a mocking laugh, and said scoffingly, with a toss of her head, and her hands on her hips:
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