scornfully

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Recent Examples of scornfully As if the question arose, thought Leonora scornfully. Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scornfully
Adverb
  • Bella, in her podcast conversation with Trinny Woodall, recalled that once, at a village post office, a shop assistant disdainfully called her a hippie.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • To protect her face, Campoy used her arm, which the squirrel clawed viciously.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Adverb
  • Joe Garcia spoke bitterly about the decline of governance on both sides of the Straits of Florida.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • At the start of the season, the Braves lost seven in a row, setting the tone for a bitterly disappointing campaign.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Scornfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scornfully. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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