sneeringly
- a word derived from sneer.
Example Sentences
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It sneeringly implied they were “a bunch of dilettantes,” Sonenshein said, amateurs seeking some rainbows-and-roses ethical governance outside the hard-nosed practicalities of party-boss politics.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023
Not just mundanely flat, but aggressively, sneeringly terrible.
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2020
The Collaboration's efforts were embraced by nurses and younger doctors, who for the first time had a means of challenging the decisions of their elders — what proponents sneeringly called “eminence-based medicine.”
From Salon • Jan. 5, 2020
Danny DeVito’s villain lies dying after an almighty shootout and sneeringly asks Gene Hackman: “Don’t you want to hear my last words?”
From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2017
“And you know how, do you, Trelawney?” said the Dean sneeringly.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
