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# scornfully

«scornfully» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **in a way that shows you think someone or something is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (more scornfully, most scornfully)

### meaning for a pupil

Scornfully means in a way that shows you think someone or something is foolish or not worth respect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scornfully/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: With mocking contempt, as Job's enemies strike him on the cheek. Interpretation: Job's pain is read as made worse by being shamed by those who should have comforted him. In the primary lessons: in stories, how a character speaks or laughs at someone who is weak or silly

### examples

- They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek scornfully; they gather themselves together against me. (Writings JOB.16.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scornfully/#x1)
- «No!» he said scornfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scornfully/#x2)
- The Fox laughed scornfully at the Crow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scornfully/#x3)
- She looked at the frog scornfully and walked away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scornfully/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek scornfully; they gather themselves together against me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.414/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scornfully» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scornfully/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.