Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a scoffing manner; in mockery or scorn; by way of derision.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a scoffing manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
scoffing manner;scornfully .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a disrespectful and mocking manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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McMahon shook his head scoffingly at the accusation.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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McMahon shook his head scoffingly at the accusation.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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McMahon shook his head scoffingly at the accusation.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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The bomb had been designed, as the Times scoffingly put it, not by tweedy “prima-donna” university professors wandering about in search of obscure truths driven by the “mere desire to satisfy curiosity”, but by a focused SWAT team of researchers sent off to accomplish a concrete mission.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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The bomb had been designed, as the Times scoffingly put it, not by tweedy “prima-donna” university professors wandering about in search of obscure truths driven by the “mere desire to satisfy curiosity”, but by a focused SWAT team of researchers sent off to accomplish a concrete mission.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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McMahon shook his head scoffingly at the accusation.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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On the other end of the comedy spectrum there's House minority leader John Boehner, who scoffingly told the conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that financial reform was akin to "killing an ant with a nuclear weapon."
Michael Winship: This Fourth of July, Celebrate 1776 -- The Movie 2010
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On the other end of the comedy spectrum there's House minority leader John Boehner, who scoffingly told the conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that financial reform was akin to "killing an ant with a nuclear weapon."
Michael Winship: This Fourth of July, Celebrate 1776 -- The Movie 2010
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France's humorless response to this prank is ironic in a way, since they scoffingly dismissed the idea of restitution as a "farce" when it was raised by the Haitian government back in 2002.
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The bomb had been designed, as the Times scoffingly put it, not by tweedy “prima-donna” university professors wandering about in search of obscure truths driven by the “mere desire to satisfy curiosity”, but by a focused SWAT team of researchers sent off to accomplish a concrete mission.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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