as in contemptuously
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Recent Examples of disdainfully
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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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disdainfully
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As if the question arose, thought Leonora scornfully.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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To protect her face, Campoy used her arm, which the squirrel clawed viciously.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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In this week's PEOPLE cover story, the matriarch, 80, recalls the scary moment a camel viciously attacked Navarone (her son with ex Marco Garibaldi) during a visit to a friend's animal sanctuary in California's San Fernando Valley.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Disdainfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disdainfully. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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