disrespectfully
English
Etymology
disrespectful + -ly
Pronunciation
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Adverb
disrespectfully (comparative more disrespectfully, superlative most disrespectfully)
- In a disrespectful manner; with a lack of respect.
- Antonym: respectfully
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
Translations
in a disrespectful manner
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