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contemptuously

[ kuhn-temp-choo-uhs-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a way that expresses contempt or disdain; scornfully:

    He remained angrily and contemptuously silent and refused to answer.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 󲹱-Dz·ٱ𳾱·ٳ·dzܲ· adverb
  • ԴDz·Dz·ٱ𳾱·ٳ·dzܲ· adverb
  • ܲ·Dz·ٱ𳾱·ٳ·dzܲ· adverb
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Oddly, Ryan claimed to be an observant Catholic, yet idolized an author who contemptuously called Christianity a “slave religion.”

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He has contemptuously dismissed the US strategy of backing for Palestinian independence as part of a "grand bargain" to remake the Middle East.

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The minister replied contemptuously that ballet dancers were like saffron — the most expensive spice — on hospital food, an extravagance.

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Ramaphosa recalled going there to collect what Black South Africans contemptuously called a "dompas" - a "dumb pass" to allow them to work in white areas of the city.

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But you need not worry: I understand you and I am not contemptuously pandering to you: I genuinely think that you drive to Walmart for the delight of it!

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