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contemptuously
CIDE DICTIONARY
contemptuously, adv.
In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully. [1913 Webster]
"The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and used contemptuously." [1913 Webster]
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contemptuously
Contempt
N contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt, despisal, despiciency, despisement, vilipendency, contumely, slight, sneer, spurn, by-word, despect, contemptuousness, scornful eye, smile of contempt, derision, despisedness, contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, withering, contumelious, supercilious, cynical, haughty, bumptious, cavalier, derisive, contemptible, despicable, pitiable, pitiful, despised, downtrodden, unenvied, unrespectable (unworthy), contemptuously, Int, a fig for, bah!, never mind!, away with!, hang it!, fiddlededee!, a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn, I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a.For further exploring for "contemptuously" in Webster Dictionary Online