单词 | contemningly |
释义 | contemninglyadv. Originally Scottish. Now rare. In a manner which displays or expresses contempt; contemptuously. Sometimes (and in earliest use) in legal contexts: in a manner which shows disrespect for the law or a court of law. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adverb] > contemptuously lightlyOE scornlichec1300 despitouslyc1320 hokerfullyc1330 scornfullyc1380 despisantly1389 deignouslyc1440 scorninglyc1440 contemningly1471 a-scornc1485 disdaininglyc1485 despiteouslya1500 disdainouslya1513 disdainishly?1529 a-swash1530 contemptuously1530 disdainfullya1533 despitefully1535 disdainedly1535 contemptibly1577 snuffingly1577 floutingly1580 despisingly1591 slightly1601 indignantly1602 contemptedly1605 overly1610 slightfully1627 despicably1637 slightingly1654 contemnibly1702 sneeringly1711 slightily1740 snottily1864 sniffingly1873 sufficiently1893 sniffily1902 pooh-poohingly1903 dismissively1922 1471 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 14 The witnes that was now summond ar nocht all comperit, bot part of thaim contempnandly absentit thaim. 1529 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 9 Nochtwithstanding William Cawder has contempnantlie brokin the said statutis. 1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue iii. sig. Bvi Thaim, quhilkis contempnandlie & curiuslie leanis to thair awin iugement. 1606 E. Forset Compar. Disc. Bodies Nat. & Politique 37 Contemningly omitting what the worthiest writers haue chosen as diamonds and precious stones to enrich and garnish their works. 1667 J. Glanvill Loyal Tear 27 A third will contemningly ask, where's Religion, and what's Religion? 1843 R. Jeffrey in Christian's Daily Compan. 653/1 [We] who have long thoughtlessly and contemningly turned a deaf ear to his invitations. 1889 Belgravia Aug. 181 She shook her head scornfully, contemningly, at her pretty image in the mirror. 1912 Southwestern Reporter 149 484/1 Though that court possess no power to enforce the injunction, if its commands were treated contemningly by the corporation. 1954 ‘F. Marton’ Mrs. Betsey i. 76 It seemed to Betsey Jordan that Ashford market was all eyes, those of gentlemen, ladies, and servants, fixed contemningly upon herself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1471 |
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