Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a sneering manner; with a sneer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a sneering manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
sneering manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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The wrongs of the masses are referred to sneeringly or apologetically.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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The wrongs of the masses are referred to sneeringly or apologetically.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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The wrongs of the masses are referred to sneeringly or apologetically.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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The wrongs of the masses are referred to sneeringly or apologetically.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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The wrongs of the masses are referred to sneeringly or apologetically.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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Most of the people gathered on a tiny patch of grass by Sag Harbor's Long Wharf wouldn't fit any of the uncomplimentary labels sneeringly thrown our way.
Lita Smith-Mines: Occupying the Hamptons Lita Smith-Mines 2011
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Mira and Val and I were part of what one eminent professor of English in this exalted institution had referred to sneeringly as the “Geritol crowd.”
The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977
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Mira and Val and I were part of what one eminent professor of English in this exalted institution had referred to sneeringly as the “Geritol crowd.”
The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977
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Mira and Val and I were part of what one eminent professor of English in this exalted institution had referred to sneeringly as the “Geritol crowd.”
The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977
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The big man with the I-know-it-all expression sneeringly watched the little man who was eating from a sack of peanuts.
More Toasts Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher
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