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disdainously

disdainously adverb: disdainfully.

Adverb

disdainously (comparative more disdainously, superlative most disdainously)

  1. (obsolete) disdainfully
    • haue they disdainously laugh1546, John Bale, The Actes of Englysh Votaries

Forms of disdainously

comparativemore disdainously
superlativemost disdainously

Origin of disdainously

From disdainous + -ly.

Questions about disdainously

What does disdainously mean?
Disdainously means disdainfully.
What part of speech is disdainously?
Disdainously is an adverb.

Words near disdainously in the dictionary

  1. disdaining
  2. disdainingly
  3. disdainings
  4. disdainly
  5. disdainous
  6. disdainously
  7. disdains
  8. disdar
  9. disdars
  10. disdeified
  11. disdeifies

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