scornfully

American  

[skawrn-fuh-lee] / ˈskɔrn fə li /

adverb

1. with derision or contempt.

   As the others came up out of breath behind her, she said to them scornfully, "Neither of you knows how to run."

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Other Word Forms

• unscornfully adverb

Etymology

Origin of scornfully

scornful ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

After State Department officials raised the legal issue in one situation room meeting, Kissinger said scornfully: "We shouldn't decide this on such doctrinaire grounds."

From Salon

A French visitor — a conservationist for an NGO and a symbolic representative of the European Union — bleats a few conciliating sentiments but is scornfully shut down.

From New York Times

“It’s the same ingenuity and creativity that has given us an edge all along,” Lylyck explained, and he compared it scornfully with Russian civil society.

From Los Angeles Times

Halfway through Monday’s event, Mr. Biden walked over and scornfully lifted the lower half of a Glock-type pistol for the cameras.

From New York Times

The playwright David Mamet, writing scornfully in 1998 about “pseudoart,” observed that “people are drawn to summer movies because they are not satisfying, and so they offer opportunities to repeat the compulsion.”

From New York Times