Contemptuously definition

He argued with the judge contemptuously, showing no respect or remorse for his actions.

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The definition of contemptuously is done hatefully.

An example of contemptuously is a child yelling their upset while cleaning their room and throwing their toys in the closet.

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Contemptuously Sentence Examples

  • To conciliate the revolutionary his offers were contemptuously refused.

  • She laughed contemptuously and said she was not a fool to want to have children, and that she was not going to have any children by me.

  • Dolokhov smiled contemptuously and condescendingly when Anatole had gone out.

  • Luther contemptuously dismissed him as a "devil's mouth."

  • While the fables of mythology are often treated contemptuously or humorously by him, other passages in the satires clearly imply a conformity to, and even a respect for, the observances of the national religion.

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