contemptuously
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One of the few scenes that makes its point emphatically is nevertheless effective and droll: Meyers contemptuously introduces a rival group of young creative types who frequent the same meeting space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Over the next hour, a device captured the Democratic politicians and the labor leader, all Latino, speaking contemptuously about those they regarded as rivals or impediments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Kelly Carlin said her father was “99 percent progressive” and that he raised her in a manner that today might be contemptuously dismissed as woke.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2022
It’s a counterfactual, you can’t know, but you can figure out a lot just by paying careful attention to how well — or coldly, dismissively, contemptuously — you’re treated at home.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2022
“She is a fool,” Nathan said contemptuously when I told him.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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