Definition of "derisorily" []

• In a derisory manner. (adverb)

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• "She turned her head away and laughed derisorily, as if the question was too ridiculous to merit a reply."
• "At some point during my time in Liverpool it became fashionable to sport what, if this were the mid 80s and I was Mrs Thatcher, would be derisorily referred to as "a skinhead"."
• "The one-inch window of visible light is derisorily tiny compared with the miles and miles of black cloth representing the invisible part of the spectrum, from radio waves at the hem of the skirt to gamma rays at the top of the head."