Definition of contemptuously in English:
contemptuously
adverbkənˈtɛmptʃʊəslikənˈtɛmptjʊəsli
In a scornful way that shows disdain.
he contemptuously dismisses his son's work
Example sentencesExamples
- She opened her eyes, staring contemptuously into the shadows that greeted her.
- Even debate about available options will be stonewalled or contemptuously brushed aside with "my nation, right or wrong" attitudes.
- There are clown voodoo dolls flung contemptuously across the room to land all floppy on a shelf.
- He later contemptuously called his own painting "trash."
- He hit back on Tuesday, contemptuously dismissing the economics professor as a "little leader."
- She stopped pacing to fold her arms over her chest and look contemptuously on the boy.
- He likes to present himself as a historian, contemptuously rejecting what eminent historians and experienced history teachers tell him about the history curriculum.
- Critics who express doubts about the underpinnings of the current recovery are contemptuously shot down.
- He contemptuously declined to take his fee in irredeemable currency, however profusely offered.
- She would be unlikely to advance her interests by sneering contemptuously at the people of her own state.
Definition of contemptuously in US English:
contemptuously
adverbkənˈtemptyo͝oəslēkənˈtɛmptjʊəsli
In a scornful way that shows disdain.
he contemptuously dismisses his son's work
Example sentencesExamples
- She stopped pacing to fold her arms over her chest and look contemptuously on the boy.
- Critics who express doubts about the underpinnings of the current recovery are contemptuously shot down.
- Even debate about available options will be stonewalled or contemptuously brushed aside with "my nation, right or wrong" attitudes.
- There are clown voodoo dolls flung contemptuously across the room to land all floppy on a shelf.
- He likes to present himself as a historian, contemptuously rejecting what eminent historians and experienced history teachers tell him about the history curriculum.
- He hit back on Tuesday, contemptuously dismissing the economics professor as a "little leader."
- He contemptuously declined to take his fee in irredeemable currency, however profusely offered.
- She opened her eyes, staring contemptuously into the shadows that greeted her.
- She would be unlikely to advance her interests by sneering contemptuously at the people of her own state.
- He later contemptuously called his own painting "trash."