disdainfully

2 definitions found

disdainfully - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Disdainful \Dis*dain"ful\, a.
     Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous;
     haughty.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           From these
           Turning disdainful to an equal good.     --Akenside.
     -- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

disdainfully - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  disdainfully
      adv 1: in a proud and domineering manner; "he treated his staff
             cavalierly" [syn: disdainfully, cavalierly]
      2: without respect; in a disdainful manner; "she spoke of him
         contemptuously" [syn: contemptuously, disdainfully,
         scornfully, contumeliously]