derisively

[di-rahy-siv-lee, di-ris-iv-lee, di-riz-iv-lee]

adverb

1. in a derisive way; with sneering or scoffing; scornfully.

Example Sentences

Tennis champion Serena Williams has dealt with sports commentators derisively calling her too masculine, while a commentator at the Australian Open compared her sister Venus to a gorilla.

From Salon

Since late in the 2023 season, Freeman had what he derisively refers to as a “cut swing” in the batter’s box.

From Los Angeles Times

She refers derisively to the “aspirational kind” of gender dysphoria.

From Los Angeles Times

World leaders who embrace democracy look at him derisively.

From Salon

She wanted to leave Santa Monica, where she lived with her mother near a beach derisively called the Inkwell by white residents because it was where Black people gathered.

From Los Angeles Times