Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a fleering or mocking manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a fleering manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
fleering manner;scornfully ; withderision .
Etymologies
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fleering + -ly
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Examples
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It must be, then, that the husband who had treated her claims and pretensions so fleeringly would henceforth recognize her worth.
Making People Happy Thompson Buchanan 1907
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As he put it down, he saw and recognised us with a toss of one hand fleeringly above his head.
Merry Men Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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Louis, who had been watching all with unmitigated satisfaction, answered fleeringly:
If I Were King Justin McCarthy 1871
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