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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. without respect; in a disdainful manner;
- Example: "she spoke of him contemptuously"
[syn: contemptuously, disdainfully, scornfully, contumeliously]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Contumelious \Con`tu*me"li*ous\ (?or ?; 106), a. [L. contumeliosus.] 1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful. [1913 Webster] Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Curving a contumelious lip. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. Shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. -- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

contumeliously adv 1: without respect; in a disdainful manner; "she spoke of him contemptuously" [syn: contemptuously, disdainfully, scornfully, contumeliously]