as in scornfully
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Recent Examples of contemptuously
Hazel swung the lamp in her hand and looked contemptuously at Ginny, surrounded by the naturalists and the teachers, who whispered encouragement.
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Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
Men sneered contemptuously at them, while teenagers used their names as insults.
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Mikhail Zygar,
Vanity Fair,
7 Jan. 2026
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
Men sneered contemptuously at them, while teenagers used their names as insults.
—
Mikhail Zygar,
Vanity Fair,
7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contemptuously
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As if the question arose, thought Leonora scornfully.
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The camera then switches from the chaos of the puppy, to the kitten—who is sitting in a relaxed position, blinking slowly, and staring almost disdainfully at the wriggling puppy.
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Bella, in her podcast conversation with Trinny Woodall, recalled that once, at a village post office, a shop assistant disdainfully called her a hippie.
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And then there is County Road 450A near Umatill, which was rightfully stripped of McCall’s name in 2007 after area residents protested the honor toward one of the most viciously racist sheriffs in Florida history.
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The experience of unveiling and being viciously denounced by all sides was a brutal lesson at twenty-seven.
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In Friday’s ruling, Liman wrote that Baldoni’s team had produced no evidence demonstrating Lively acted maliciously when making her allegations.
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Alleging that Dillon was maliciously prosecuted, the lawsuit demands financial damages and changes in how the police and sheriffs’ offices use facial recognition technology.
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“Contemptuously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemptuously. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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