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dismissively

dismissively adverb: in a dismissive manner.

Adverb

dismissively (comparative more dismissively, superlative most dismissively)

  1. In a dismissive manner.
    • Letter writers who criticize the president have long been responding dismissively to claims they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome […] and the May 6 example drew particularly pointed replies.2020 May 9, Paul Thornton, “Opinion: Who really has 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'? Not his critics, readers say”, in The Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2020

Forms of dismissively

comparativemore dismissively
superlativemost dismissively

Origin of dismissively

From dismissive + -ly.

Questions about dismissively

What does dismissively mean?
Dismissively means in a dismissive manner.
What part of speech is dismissively?
Dismissively is an adverb.

Words near dismissively in the dictionary

  1. dismissing
  2. dismissingly
  3. dismission
  4. dismissions
  5. dismissive
  6. dismissively
  7. dismissiveness
  8. dismissory
  9. dismist
  10. dismoded
  11. dismorphology

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