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dismissively en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English dismissive Middle English -ly English -ly English dismissively From dismissive + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a dismissive manner.
    • Letter writers who criticize the president have long been responding dismissively to claims they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome […] and the May 6 example drew particularly pointed replies. 2020 May 9, Paul Thornton, “Opinion: Who really has 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'? Not his critics, readers say”, in The Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2020:

Forms

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more dismissively Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most dismissively Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (3)

de herablassend (in a dismissive manner) · de wegwerfend (in a dismissive manner) · de abweisend (in a dismissive manner)