Get to know Disdainfully better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like cavalierly or contemptuously.
Disdainfully meaning
In a disdainful manner.
Synonyms of Disdainfully
Using Disdainfully
- The main meaning on this page is: In a disdainful manner.
- Useful related words include: cavalierly, contemptuously, scornfully, contumeliously.
Context around Disdainfully
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disdainfully
- In this selection, "disdainfully" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, thrown, somewhat, macflecknoe, flicking, disappointed and puffing stand out and add context to how "disdainfully" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bello has disdainfully disappointed them and coldly and disdainfully ignored. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disdainfully" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disdainfully
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The sane mind in Ebiraland including the royal fathers know Bello has disdainfully disappointed them. (15 words)
Dryden in MacFlecknoe disdainfully called the pastime the "torturing of one poor word ten thousand ways". (16 words)
Does she have a value structure that goes beyond playing poker or disdainfully flicking the avocado out of her salad? (20 words)
After Rachel and Phoebe take a self-defense class, Ross explains – somewhat disdainfully – that being able to defend oneself in a controlled environment is different from being able to do so when the attacker strikes by surprise. (37 words)
We take offence that the oil companies could dare to assume that we are so limited and so desperate that we will claw for and cling to any raveling thrown disdainfully our way. (33 words)
In that same trial, Raleigh also denied that he had stood at a window during the execution of Essex's sentence, disdainfully puffing out tobacco smoke in sight of the condemned man. (32 words)
Does she have a value structure that goes beyond playing poker or disdainfully flicking the avocado out of her salad? (20 words)
Example sentences (8)
Does she have a value structure that goes beyond playing poker or disdainfully flicking the avocado out of her salad?
We take offence that the oil companies could dare to assume that we are so limited and so desperate that we will claw for and cling to any raveling thrown disdainfully our way.
After Rachel and Phoebe take a self-defense class, Ross explains – somewhat disdainfully – that being able to defend oneself in a controlled environment is different from being able to do so when the attacker strikes by surprise.
The sane mind in Ebiraland including the royal fathers know Bello has disdainfully disappointed them.
Dryden in MacFlecknoe disdainfully called the pastime the "torturing of one poor word ten thousand ways".
In that same trial, Raleigh also denied that he had stood at a window during the execution of Essex's sentence, disdainfully puffing out tobacco smoke in sight of the condemned man.
Later in life, Kubrick spoke disdainfully of his education and of contemporary American schooling as a whole, maintaining that schools were ineffective in stimulating critical thinking and student interest.
Marek, pp.166-69 Lucrezia had previously made overtures of friendship to Isabella which the latter had coldly and disdainfully ignored.