Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Contemptuously; with scorn; in a haughty manner.

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  • adverb In a disdainful manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb without respect; in a disdainful manner
  • adverb in a proud and domineering manner

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Examples

  • Mrs. Chesters could ride, had enjoyed the social advantages of the Quorn and Pytchley, but she hated what she called disdainfully,

    Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

  • ` ` Fear! '' said El Hakim, repeating the word disdainfully ---

    The Talisman 1894

  • Bourbon glories, so extolled by him, glorifies, apropos of the coronation of Charles X., the Napoleon whom in 1814 he called disdainfully "Buonaparte," loading him with the most cutting insults: --

    The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X Arthur L��on Imbert de Saint-Amand 1867

  • Mrs Eappen's voice called disdainfully, 'Wait there.'

    two women Cole, Martina 1999

  • When he proposed working out the latter for publication in _Ha-Meliz_, the editor rejected the idea disdainfully, saying that he preferred translations to original stories, so little likely did it seem that realistic writing could be done in

    The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) Nahum Slouschz 1919

  • The coachman who drove these Princesses of yours "-- Mrs. Parry always used this phrase disdainfully --" is a new man.

    A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story Fergus Hume 1895

  • Here's another quote from Blueprint, that we think might sum up the role of "The Four Horsemen," as they're called disdainfully by bruised Republicans -- from the horse's mouth, page 199:

    ColoradoPols.com - Front Page Colorado Pols 2010

  • Deciding that marriage was not so important for their third daughter, the Nis had loosened the bindings and allowed Kwei-tseng’s feet to grow normally into what upper-class Chinese referred to disdainfully as “big feet.”

    The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

  • "What she, or anyone else for that matter," disdainfully, "could want with Tommy, I don't know," replied Mary.

    The Shuttle 1907

  • "What she, or anyone else for that matter," disdainfully, "could want with Tommy, I don't know," replied Mary.

    The Shuttle Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

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