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dismissive, a.|dɪsˈmɪsɪv|
[f. dismiss v. + -ive.]
a. Of the nature of, or characterized by, dismissal; tending to dismiss; valedictory.
1645Milton Tetrach. Wks. (1851) 221 The law of Moses..only requires the dismissive writing without other caution. 1683O. U. Parish Ch. no Conventicles 32 The Ite missa, or dismissive Blessing. 1888A. S. Wilson Lyric Hopeless Love 131 The loves peruse the leaf To find no revelancy there Dismissive of unsolved despair.
b. Tending to dismiss from consideration as insignificant; characterized by rejection, contemptuous.
1930Observer 22 June 7 What gives length to his shot is the concentration of force on each moment of impact, and a similar dismissive violence is achieved when the final couplet of the Byronic mode adds witty rhyme to witty sense. 1966Listener 27 Oct. 631/1 The visual rhetoric towards the end of the film—people drinking, listening to music, holidaying—was banal and dismissive, an unrelated flourish suggesting abstract happiness. 1974J. I. M. Stewart Gaudy xi. 201 He produced a graciously dismissive inclination of the head. 1982Encounter Apr. 42 Their dicta Relegated to dismissive footnotes.
Hence disˈmissively adv.
1922W. J. Locke Tale of Triona vii. 70 ‘He has written a book on Russia,’ replied Olivia dryly. ‘I'm fed up with Russia,’ said Lydia dismissively. 1968S. Hill Gentleman & Ladies i. iv. 42 ‘Some personal bits and pieces,’ he said dismissively, ‘all shares in property..jointly to be shared between my sisters.’ 1972T. Stoppard Jumpers i. 18 She flaps a hand dismissively at the jumpers. 1985‘A. T. Ellis’ Unexplained Laughter 107 ‘I have a great deal to do,’ she said in a dismissively grown-up voice.
Add: disˈmissiveness n.
1980N.Y. Times 16 Nov. vii. 26/3, I doubt that anybody who actually lays hands on this book will incline toward dismissiveness. 1982K. Ishiguro Pale View of Hills (1983) vii. 114, I was rather surprised at the dismissiveness of her tone. |