Definition of "contemptuously" []

• In a disrespectful or discourteous manner; condescendingly. (adverb)

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• "This is the term contemptuously applied in India to the paying of calls and other social duties that imply dancing attendance on the fair sex."
• "He was familiar with the punctilio of duelling, the code of regulations for fencing, the rules of athletic sports, and the intricacies of the gaming-table; but anything which he dubbed contemptuously "book-learning," he considered as far beneath him as it really was above."
• "I'd like to think he even used my name contemptuously, ''Vecsey!''"