contemptuously
adverb
in a way that expresses contempt or disdain; scornfully.
half-contemptuously
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a word derived from
contemptuously.
Example Sentences
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“Pony!” rejoined Brown, half-contemptuously, “do you suppose they’d have an old stick like him!”
From The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed
He was sitting back in his chair, looking half-mournfully, half-contemptuously, at something in his palm.
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
To her faithful friends Rome was just, and now and then half-contemptuously generous.
From Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
I was not fishing for thanks," returned Gaut, half-contemptuously, "but wished a few words with you on private matters which concern only you and myself.
From Gaut Gurley by D. P. Thompson
Mysticism and psychology, which he had dabbled in at first half-contemptuously, had become serious studies to him.
From To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
