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Mr Grueber said that while the behaviour of the women hadn't disrupted the hearing, it was "inappropriate, discourteous and disrespectful, and at worst contumelious and contemptuous".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2024

We behave in contumelious disregard of most elements of law when push comes to shove.”

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2013

Hardly a day passed without a contumelious attack.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Infatuated man, would you open the door to the seducer?” asked the seigneur, growing angry with the contumelious lawyer.

From The Advocate by Heavysege, Charles

I had been brought up by Mr Knapps as contumelious.

From Jacob Faithful by Marryat, Frederick