contemptuously

[ kuhn-temp-choo-uhs-lee ]

/ kənˈtɛmp tʃu əs li /

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adverb

in a way that expresses contempt or disdain; scornfully:He remained angrily and contemptuously silent and refused to answer.

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Origin of contemptuously

half-con·temp·tu·ous·ly, adverbnon·con·temp·tu·ous·ly, adverbun·con·temp·tu·ous·ly, adverb

By all accounts, he could be contemptuous of bores and dullards.
Ved Mehta, whose monumental autobiography explored life in India, dies at 86|Harrison Smith|January 12, 2021|Washington Post
You can certainly feel contemptuous toward people you don’t know.
What Does Covid-19 Mean for Cities (and Marriages)? (Ep. 410)|Stephen J. Dubner|March 26, 2020|Freakonomics
It seems a real paradox that we become contemptuous of the people who we have the most familiarity with, which would tend to be family, friends, people we work with.
What Does Covid-19 Mean for Cities (and Marriages)? (Ep. 410)|Stephen J. Dubner|March 26, 2020|Freakonomics
In truth, the art of tobacco using is nowhere more ignored, nowhere more contemptuously neglected than in these 'favored isles.'
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

The labour of the spade and of the loom, and the petty gains of trade, he contemptuously abandoned to men of a lower caste.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Ask him to play on that string; Ill wager hell refuse, said the old man, contemptuously.
The Fifth String |John Philip Sousa
Not very probable,” said Sarah, contemptuously, “though I make no doubt the rebels got behind the logs.
The Spy|J. Fenimore Cooper
We were contemptuously termed ‘pograms,’ a term of reproach the origin of which I have never learnt.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie