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contemptuously

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con·temp·tu·ous  (kn-tmpch-s)
adj.
Manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful.
con·temptu·ous·ly adv.
con·temptu·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.contemptuously - without respect; in a disdainful manner; "she spoke of him contemptuously"
contumeliously, scornfully, disdainfully
Translations
contemptuously [kənˈtemptjʊəslɪ] ADV → desdeñosamente, con desprecio
contemptuously [kənˈtɛmptʃuəsli] adv [say] → avec mépris
contemptuously
adv say, look, laugh, spit → verächtlich
contemptuously [kənˈtɛmptjʊəslɪ] adv → con disprezzo, sprezzantemente
contemptuously [kənˈtɛmptjʊəslɪ] adv → con disprezzo, sprezzantemente


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"It bears the marks of that superb unconcern which is the characteristic of genius," replied the Ambitious Writer, contemptuously passing him by.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The outlying villages, they say, are by them called {kappa omega mu alpha iota}, by the Athenians {delta eta mu iota}: and they assume that Comedians were so named not from {kappa omega mu 'alpha zeta epsilon iota nu}, 'to revel,' but because they wandered from village to village (kappa alpha tau alpha / kappa omega mu alpha sigma), being excluded contemptuously from the city.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
Fang, tossing the card contemptuously away with the newspaper.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
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