Definition of Scornfully

1. Adverb. Without respect; in a disdainful manner. "She spoke of him contemptuously"


Definition of Scornfully

1. Adverb. In a scornful manner. ¹

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Definition of Scornfully

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scornfully

scorifying
scoring
scoring off
scoring system
scorings
scorious
scorn
scorned
scornee
scornees
scorner
scorners
scornest
scorneth
scornful
scornfully
scornfulness
scornfulnesses
scorning
scorningly
scornings
scornless
scorns
scornworthy
scorny
scorodite
scorpaenid
scorpaenid fish
scorpaenids
scorpaeniform

Literary usage of Scornfully

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... many circumstances by no means creditable to his discretion ; and the rejoicings of his friends ought not, therefore, to have been scornfully jubilant. ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"... lady threw back her head scornfully. " Now more than ever. Those who have done the wrong shall repair it, and that speedily. You have declared that you ..."

3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... Peace," scornfully alludes to "the fable of Jenkins's ear." Walpole's biographer calls it "a ridiculous story." Tyndal insinuates that Jenkins had lost ..."

4. The American Quarterly Review by Robert Walsh (1835)
"Which his un- resonable demand was by the Emperour with no lesse disdaine scornfully rejected, ... scornfully ..."

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