Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disdainfully"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disdainful \Dis*dain"ful\, a.
Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous;
haughty.
From these Turning disdainful to an equal good.
--Akenside.
-- {Dis*dain"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*dain"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disdainfully
adv 1: in a proud and domineering manner; "he treated his staff
cavalierly" [syn: {cavalierly}]
2: without respect; in a disdainful manner; "she spoke of him
contemptuously" [syn: {contemptuously}, {scornfully}, {contumeliously},
{showing contempt}]
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