contemptuouslyadv.
/kənˈtɛm(p)tjʊəsli/, /kənˈtɛm(p)tʃʊəsli/, U.S. /kənˈtɛm(pt)ʃ(ʊ)əsli/ 1. Law. With contempt for or disregard of a law, order, court of law, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adverb]
contemptuously1517
licentiously1591
lawlesslya1616
1517 Prouysion Henry VIII for puttynge a parte Thercessyue Fare 31 May (single sheet) A man of euyll ordre contemptuously disobeyinge the direccion of the kynges hyghnes & his Counsayll.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Aaaa1/2 A woman that being siewed in law contemptuously refuseth to appeare.
1768 Considerations Proc. by Information & Attachment 27 In case a person should..behave contemptuously by insulting the Judge on the bench, accusing him of Injustice, Bribery, &c.
1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 267 Indicted for unlawfully, forcibly, and contemptuously, tearing down..an advertisement, set up by the commissioners.
1908 Square Deal Sept. 14 To contemptuously disobey the restraining order of a court.
2004 K. B. Nair Law Contempt of Court India vii. 138 The contemner..contemptuously shouted in the face of the Presiding Officer that he was a party to the conspiracy.
2. With contempt or scorn; scornfully, disdainfully.
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
1530 T. Elyot tr. Plutarch Educ. Children sig. E.iiv Who so speketh contemptuously or vnaduysedly, tho it be but litel, he very moche doth erre.
1689 J. Collier Moral Ess. conc. Pride 88 To check an insolent Humour in others, who behave themselves contemptuously towards us.
1734 Bee Revived 9 Nov. 504 Great Numbers of Persons hissing at him contemptuously.
1843 Sporting Mag. Apr. 342 The sportsmen of England are either jealous of or contemptuously indifferent to sporting matters in France.
1951 J. Kerouac Let. 10 Jan. in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 304 A retired Navy admiral in his memoirs refers contemptuously to the ‘fly-fly boys’ of the air force.
2018 Gulf Times (Nexis) 24 June The Foreign Secretary..allegedly contemptuously dismissed businesses' Brexit concerns.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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