scornfully

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scornfully - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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scornfully - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  scornfully
      adv 1: without respect; in a disdainful manner; "she spoke of
             him contemptuously" [syn: contemptuously,
             disdainfully, scornfully, contumeliously]