Scornfully meaning

Scornfully is defined as something done without respect, or something done showing displeasure.

If you look at someone with raised eyebrows to indicate your displeasure and disrespect, this is an example of when you gaze scornfully at the person.

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In a scornful manner.
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Scornfully Sentence Examples

  • She stopped and smiled scornfully.

  • "Seems to me the same way," said Billina, scornfully, "if that beastly cat is one of them."

  • He doffed his Circassian cap to his master and looked at him scornfully.

  • "You cannot wager something you do not own," past-Death said scornfully.

  • Richard having scornfully rejected the demand, a fratricidal war ensued; the young Henry invaded Aquitaine and attracted to his standard many of Richard's vassals, who were exasperated by the iron rule of the duke.

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