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Definition of disdainfully in English:

disdainfully

Pronunciation /disˈdānfəlē/ /dɪsˈdeɪnfəli/

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adverb

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‘People had begun to frown disdainfully in my direction and the distance between us widened.’
  • ‘Who would have ever guessed that she could treat him so disdainfully?’
  • ‘Howard disdainfully and proudly refuses, tearing the thing from his face.’
  • ‘Every year, laws specifying time limits for loudspeakers are issued, only to be disdainfully transgressed.’
  • ‘I was aware of my voice raising in volume and pitch and other passengers looking disdainfully at me.’