scornfully

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scornfully

/ˈskɔɹnfəli/ US
/ˈskɔːnfəli/ UK

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Inherited from Middle English scornfully; equivalent to scornful + -ly (adverbial suffix).

adverb more scornfully · most scornfully

In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively. "Do they not sneakingly bestow on me their crass inability to do anything with their own misbegotten progeny, a subterfuge which I scornfully fub off on text-books?"

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adv in a scornful manner

Deutsch	verachtend
עברית	בְּבִטּוּל

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@misc{scornfully_2026,
  title = {scornfully},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scornfully},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}