deridingly
- a word derived from deride.
Example Sentences
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Also he had taken Tom's advice, and had had what Jane deridingly called "a teetotal spell," the result of which was a respectable banking account which perfectly astonished him.
From The Girls of St. Olave's by Mackintosh, Mabel
"What you mean by going home?" cried she, somewhat deridingly: "know you not you might sleep here?"
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 by Burney, Fanny
But when the chancellor most humbly craved pardon, the Landgrave, who was a satirical gentleman, knelt, but laughed deridingly.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav
I am not prepared to receive company just yet,” she added, deridingly; “my room is rather unfurnished.”
From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee
They reached the Buss with difficulty, and lay there idle while the mad waves revelled round the rocks, and danced through their works deridingly.
From The Story of the Rock by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
