misanthrope
noun
a person who hates, dislikes, or distrusts most others; an antisocial, cynical, or unfriendly person.
misanthropically
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a word derived from
misanthrope.
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a word derived from
misanthropic.
Example Sentences
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Or to put it slightly less misanthropically, you miss the shared astonishment and delight at a brilliant combination or desperate last-second checkmate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Afterwards, when he was alone, he thought, a little misanthropically, it did not matter.
From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) by Frederick William Robinson
On the first occasion it was at my charterers, where he came in misanthropically to get paid for towing out a French barque the day before.
From Falk A Reminiscence by Joseph Conrad
Some very wicked people—mutineers, in fact—have retired, misanthropically, into an unfrequented part of the country, and there find themselves safe indeed, but extremely thirsty.
From On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by John Ruskin
"I must have some object to embrace," said he misanthropically.
From Life of George Washington — Volume 01 by Washington Irving
