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# derisively

«derisively» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that mocks someone and shows you think they are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (no other forms)

### meaning for a pupil

In a way that mocks someone and shows you think they are silly, weak or wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derisively/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, villains laugh or speak derisively at the hero who is trying hard.

### examples

- He laughed derisively at the little boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derisively/#x1)
- "You will never win," she said derisively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derisively/#x2)
- The crowd jeered derisively at the runner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derisively/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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