Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a contemptible manner; meanly; in a manner deserving of contempt.
- Contemptuously. See
contemptible , 3. - Synonyms Meanly, basely, abjectly, vilely, despicably. See
contemptible .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a contemptible manner.
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- adverb In a
contemptible manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a manner deserving contempt
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Examples
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To represent or speak of as contemptibly small or unimportant; disparage: a person who belittled our efforts to do the job right.
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To represent or speak of as contemptibly small or unimportant; disparage: a person who belittled our efforts to do the job right.
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To represent or speak of as contemptibly small or unimportant; disparage: a person who belittled our efforts to do the job right.
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To represent or speak of as contemptibly small or unimportant; disparage: a person who belittled our efforts to do the job right.
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And Israel needs to quit acting like an arrogant, murderous, thieving, bully, with the usual underlying characteristic of bullies, cowardice – the only way Israel can get away its contemptibly provocative behaviour is by hiding behind the US.
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And how contemptibly petty of the people trying to attack Lieberman through his wife!
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I guess he's hoping people are too dumb to see how transparently, and contemptibly, self-serving that would be.
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If Jenn wants to be treated with anything other than contempt, she should act less contemptibly.
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My guess is that Ms. Bachman "knew" her audience and felt quite comfortable making a statement that was contemptibly stupid to a group of contemptibly stupid.
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