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单词 contemptuously
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Definition of contemptuously in English:

contemptuously

adverbkənˈtɛmptʃʊəslikənˈtɛmptjʊəsli
  • In a scornful way that shows disdain.

    he contemptuously dismisses his son's work
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She opened her eyes, staring contemptuously into the shadows that greeted her.
    • Even debate about available options will be stonewalled or contemptuously brushed aside with "my nation, right or wrong" attitudes.
    • There are clown voodoo dolls flung contemptuously across the room to land all floppy on a shelf.
    • He later contemptuously called his own painting "trash."
    • He hit back on Tuesday, contemptuously dismissing the economics professor as a "little leader."
    • She stopped pacing to fold her arms over her chest and look contemptuously on the boy.
    • He likes to present himself as a historian, contemptuously rejecting what eminent historians and experienced history teachers tell him about the history curriculum.
    • Critics who express doubts about the underpinnings of the current recovery are contemptuously shot down.
    • He contemptuously declined to take his fee in irredeemable currency, however profusely offered.
    • She would be unlikely to advance her interests by sneering contemptuously at the people of her own state.

Definition of contemptuously in US English:

contemptuously

adverbkənˈtemptyo͝oəslēkənˈtɛmptjʊəsli
  • In a scornful way that shows disdain.

    he contemptuously dismisses his son's work
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She stopped pacing to fold her arms over her chest and look contemptuously on the boy.
    • Critics who express doubts about the underpinnings of the current recovery are contemptuously shot down.
    • Even debate about available options will be stonewalled or contemptuously brushed aside with "my nation, right or wrong" attitudes.
    • There are clown voodoo dolls flung contemptuously across the room to land all floppy on a shelf.
    • He likes to present himself as a historian, contemptuously rejecting what eminent historians and experienced history teachers tell him about the history curriculum.
    • He hit back on Tuesday, contemptuously dismissing the economics professor as a "little leader."
    • He contemptuously declined to take his fee in irredeemable currency, however profusely offered.
    • She opened her eyes, staring contemptuously into the shadows that greeted her.
    • She would be unlikely to advance her interests by sneering contemptuously at the people of her own state.
    • He later contemptuously called his own painting "trash."
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