sneeringlyadv.
In a sneering or scornful manner; with a sneer.
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
1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 127 This he spoke sneeringly and by way of derision and Contempt.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 227 Well, Child, said she, sneeringly, how dost find thyself?
1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos i. v. 126 Sneeringly these accents fell.
1865 M. E. Braddon Henry Dunbar ii James Wentworth laughed sneeringly.
1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 243 ‘They now rejoice in the aristocratic name of Desewffy,’ said he sneeringly.
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