Definition of "superciliously" []

• In a supercilious manner. (adverb)

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• "What will you prefer? an English work? or "-- superciliously --" perhaps"
• "Wilson, who should have been more embarrassed than he was, conceded that Findley was correct — but added, superciliously, that he had forgotten more law than Findley had ever learned."
• "She sniffed superciliously and gave me the change in small silver, and I had my revenge by biting and ringing every piece of it."