contumely
noun
insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
contumeliously
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a word derived from
contumely.
Example Sentences
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Arulenus Rusticus was a Stoic; on which account he was contumeliously called by M. Regulus "the ape of the Stoics, marked with the Vitellian scar."
From The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus
"Your rejection of the counsel I was bold enough to suggest leaves me, at least, at liberty to offer my services where they will not be rejected so contumeliously."
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
One might believe Lucullus thought his money really captive and barbarian, so wantonly and contumeliously did he treat it.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
And that Onomarchus contumeliously answered him, that the field had been a more proper place than this to show his contempt of death.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
Does the author of the 'lecture delivered with much applause before the Brooklyn Lyceum' despise and wish to cast off the author of 'essays contumeliously rejected by that respected publication, the "Christian Examiner"?'
From Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) by Julia Ward Howe
