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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sneering +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • The wrongs of the masses are referred to sneeringly or apologetically.

    Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007

  • The wrongs of the masses are referred to sneeringly or apologetically.

    Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007

  • The wrongs of the masses are referred to sneeringly or apologetically.

    Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007

  • The wrongs of the masses are referred to sneeringly or apologetically.

    Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007

  • The wrongs of the masses are referred to sneeringly or apologetically.

    Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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