What does scornfully mean?
Scornfully means In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively..
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/ˈskɔɹnfəli/ · adverb
In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively..
"Do they not sneakingly bestow on me their crass inability to do anything with their own misbegotten progeny, a subterfuge which I scornfully fub off on text-books?"
"Get drunk! Damn it, I am drunk," he said scornfully.
'What does he look like?' asks John Halgard. 'A salesman,' says Gerontius scornfully.
Use scornfully when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Scornfully means In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively..
Common synonyms include disdainfully, contemptuously, contumeliously, showing contempt.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Do they not sneakingly bestow on me their crass inability to do anything with their own misbegotten progeny, a subterfuge which I scornfully fub off on text-books?"
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