Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contemptuously"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contemptuously \Con*temp"tu*ous*ly\, adv.
In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain;
despitefully.
The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and
used contemptuously. --Jer. Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
contemptuously
adv : without respect; in a disdainful manner; "she spoke of him
contemptuously" [syn: {disdainfully}, {scornfully}, {contumeliously},
{showing contempt}]
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