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contemptibly
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At the time, liberalism’s leading intellectuals laughed off public annoyance at Obama’s lackluster performance, declaring that to expect big things from him was to believe—childishly, contemptibly—that the president was a kind of superhero.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025 -
The movie vulgarly sexualizes youthful political ardor and, even more contemptibly, the very notion of racial justice.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Despicably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despicably. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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