Scornfully

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scornful \Scorn"ful\, a.
     1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.
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              Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun.
                                                    --Prior.


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              Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. --Shak.
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     2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. [Obs.]
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              The scornful mark of every open eye.  --Shak.
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     Syn: Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful;
          insolent.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Scorn"ful*ly}, adv. --
          {Scorn"ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scornfully
       adv : without respect; in a disdainful manner; "she spoke of him
             contemptuously" [syn: {contemptuously}, {disdainfully},
              {contumeliously}, {showing contempt}]