Definition of derisively in English:
derisively
adverbdɪˈrɪzɪvlidəˈraɪsɪvli
In a manner expressing contempt or ridicule.
she snorted derisively at him
they derisively referred to clients as muppets
Example sentencesExamples
- A group of the boy's friends stood behind the two, laughing derisively at Mike's plight.
- Most of his films were often butchered by producers and distributors, hideously dubbed and derisively reviewed.
- Anderson speaks derisively about the rock and pop mainstream.
- Among the benefits of being part of what he derisively terms "Old Europe" is an overriding sense of history, a quality for which America is not generally known.
- The market economy derisively tramples our identity in God and Christ, and for good reason.
- Williams remained true to that promise, and his defensive mistakes almost always were greeted derisively by Boston fans.
- So he wrote an initiative, and to the surprise of the civic establishment which derisively opposed it, it passed handily.
- Last year when he first announced he was running, I used to derisively call him the rookie.
- They were attacked from the left and derisively labeled "neoconservatives."
- Throughout the 1980s, most of these pundits derisively condemned Reagan's policies.
Definition of derisively in US English:
derisively
adverbdəˈraɪsɪvlidəˈrīsivlē
In a manner expressing contempt or ridicule.
she snorted derisively at him
they derisively referred to clients as muppets
Example sentencesExamples
- Anderson speaks derisively about the rock and pop mainstream.
- So he wrote an initiative, and to the surprise of the civic establishment which derisively opposed it, it passed handily.
- Williams remained true to that promise, and his defensive mistakes almost always were greeted derisively by Boston fans.
- Among the benefits of being part of what he derisively terms "Old Europe" is an overriding sense of history, a quality for which America is not generally known.
- Most of his films were often butchered by producers and distributors, hideously dubbed and derisively reviewed.
- Last year when he first announced he was running, I used to derisively call him the rookie.
- They were attacked from the left and derisively labeled "neoconservatives."
- A group of the boy's friends stood behind the two, laughing derisively at Mike's plight.
- Throughout the 1980s, most of these pundits derisively condemned Reagan's policies.
- The market economy derisively tramples our identity in God and Christ, and for good reason.