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# contemptuously

«contemptuously» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a way that shows you think someone or something is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Contemptuously means in a way that shows you think someone or something is worthless or does not deserve respect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemptuously/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A story word that shows a character's scorn: «she looked at him contemptuously». In The Wind in the Willows the weasels and the bargewoman treat Toad contemptuously; in Alice, the Caterpillar asks «Who are you?» contemptuously.

### examples

- The Caterpillar looked at Alice contemptuously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemptuously/#x1)
- «You?» he laughed contemptuously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemptuously/#x2)
- She tossed the cheap ring away contemptuously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemptuously/#x3)
- The cat contemptuously ignored the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemptuously/#x4)
- The bargewoman spoke contemptuously to Toad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemptuously/#x5)
- He waved the idea away contemptuously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemptuously/#x6)
- “Don’t get any letters,” he said contemptuously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemptuously/#x7)

### note

From «contempt» (noun) and «contemptuous» (adjective). Do not confuse with «contemptible» (deserving contempt). Showing contempt to people is unkind.

### Trees and pragmatics

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