derisively

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derisively

/dɪˈɹaɪsɪvli/ US, UK
/dɪˈɹɪzɪvli/ US, UK

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From derisive + -ly.

adverb more derisively · most derisively

In a derisive manner; demeaningly, mockingly. As ſometimes, with us, a queſtion is put deriſively, in the form of an aſſertion, when the propoſer conceives, as ſeems to have happened here, ſome abſurdity in the thing, I thought it beſt, after the example of ſo many Lat[in] interpreters, to adopt the equivocal, or rather the oblique, form of the
Similar: demeaningly, mockingly

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adv in a derisive manner

Deutsch	spöttisch, höhnisch, verächtlich
Ελληνικά	χλευαστικά chlevastiká
Русский	насме́шливо nasméšlivo

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@misc{derisively_2026,
  title = {derisively},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/derisively},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}