scornfully en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈskɔɹnfəli/ (General-American)
- /ˈskɔːnfəli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English scorn Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English scornful Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English scornfully English scornfully Inherited from Middle English scornfully; equivalent to scornful + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Meanings
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In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively.
'What does he look like?' asks John Halgard. 'A salesman,' says Gerontius scornfully.
1985, Joan Morrison, chapter 7, in Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 91:"Get drunk! Damn it, I am drunk," he said scornfully.
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 23:"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?"
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 82:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more scornfully | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most scornfully | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
he בְּבִטּוּל (in a scornful manner) · de verachtend (in a scornful manner) · fi halveksivasti (in a scornful manner) · enm scornfully (in a scornful manner) · uk прези́рливо (in a scornful manner) · fi ivallisesti (in a scornful manner) · uk знева́жливо (in a scornful manner) · la contemptim (in a scornful manner)