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# disdainfully

adverb (disdainfully)

«disdainfully» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a scornful way, showing you think someone is beneath you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdainfully/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a character speaks or looks disdainfully at someone they think is worse than themselves

### Examples

- “Oh, indeed,” he said disdainfully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdainfully/#x1)
- Grumedan looked on disdainfully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdainfully/#x2)
- She sniffed disdainfully at the cheap cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdainfully/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disdainfully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdainfully/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disdainfully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disdainfully.html) on Mova free.