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Definition of Derisorily
1. Adverb. In a disrespectful and mocking manner. "`Sorry,' she repeated derisively"
Definition of Derisorily
1. Adverb. In a derisory manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derisorily
Literary usage of Derisorily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Composition and Rhetoric by Alexander Bain (1888)
"... the voice: as primarily, cursorily, summarily, derisorily. Still worse is the
repetition of the same letter or syllable: as farriery, ..."
2. Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National by Gustaaf Houtman (1999)
"... and these are sometimes derisorily referred to as GONGOs (Government Organized
Non- J * О Governmental Organizations), though they are also known by ..."
3. Letters to a Friend: On the State of Ireland, the Roman Catholic Question by Edward Augustus Kendall (1826)
"... either wrath- fully or fiercely, or sneeringly, contemptuously, contumeliously,
or derisorily, therefore " blasphemy," in its primary or literal sense, ..."
4. Women in South African History: Basus'iimbokodo, Bawel'imilambo / They by Nomboniso Gasa (2007)
"Maria remembered that when they left she was standing on her zinc roofing and
Roux laughed derisorily at her. 'I said to him "You laugh because you're ..."
5. Opera by Horace (1832)
"Go now, after hearing this philosophical truth—derisorily, as if any passion for
such things were obviously impossible. Ep. ii. 2. 76. ..."
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