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scornfully

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English

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English scornfully; equivalent to scornful +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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scornfully (comparative more scornfully, superlative most scornfully)

  1. In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively.
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 82:
      "Do they not sneakingly bestow on me their crass inability to do anything with their own misbegotten progeny, a subterfuge which I scornfully fub off on text-books?"
    • 1985, Joan Morrison, chapter 7, in Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 91:
      'What does he look like?' asks John Halgard. 'A salesman,' says Gerontius scornfully.

Translations

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From scornful (scornful) +‎ -ly (-ly, adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈskɔrnfuliː/, /ˈskɔːrnfuliː/

Adverb

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scornfully (Late Middle English)

  1. scornfully, contemptuously
  2. mockingly, derisively

Descendants

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  • English: scornfully

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