dismissingly

But eventually all Reagans, it seems, are destined to make news writing about their father - and Ron, who had been reluctant to add to what he dismissingly calls "the pile" of memoirs, has finally succumbed.

The uneasy namesake Manuel Roig-Franzia 2011

In this entertaining exercise the novice, Paula Fetherel, a comfortably married and respectable New York society lady, is contrasted with her older cousin — the shrewd, worldly, and shabby-genteel Mrs. Clinch, once uncomfortably married to the thoroughly absent Mr. Clinch and now earning her living by writing what she dismissingly describes as "pseudo-science and colloquial ornithology" — essays such as "Nests Ajar" and "How to Smell the Flowers."

Wharton's Sharp Eye 2001

In this entertaining exercise the novice, Paula Fetherel, a comfortably married and respectable New York society lady, is contrasted with her older cousin — the shrewd, worldly, and shabby-genteel Mrs. Clinch, once uncomfortably married to the thoroughly absent Mr. Clinch and now earning her living by writing what she dismissingly describes as "pseudo-science and colloquial ornithology" — essays such as "Nests Ajar" and "How to Smell the Flowers."

Wharton's Sharp Eye 2001

"We've worked a few cases," she said dismissingly.

The Coffin Dancer Deaver, Jeffery 1998

He could also shrug, though not as dismissingly as he'd have liked.

The Coffin Dancer Deaver, Jeffery 1998

Pham Nuwen came smoothly to his feet, and smiled dismissingly at her.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

"That Shana is a girl, remember?" the dark one at his right said, waving dismissingly at Meg.

The Elvenbane Lackey, Mercedes 1991

How thickly he had been obscured was visible to her through a retreating sensation of scorn of him for his mad excesses, which she had not known herself to entertain while he was writhing in the toils, and very bluntly and dismissingly felt now that his madness was at its climax.

The Tragic Comedians — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868

How thickly he had been obscured was visible to her through a retreating sensation of scorn of him for his mad excesses, which she had not known herself to entertain while he was writhing in the toils, and very bluntly and dismissingly felt now that his madness was at its climax.

The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868

How thickly he had been obscured was visible to her through a retreating sensation of scorn of him for his mad excesses, which she had not known herself to entertain while he was writhing in the toils, and very bluntly and dismissingly felt now that his madness was at its climax.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868