Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By way of derision or mockery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By way of derision or mockery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
deriding way;mockingly .
Etymologies
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Examples
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When he turned back to Charisse seconds later and after Stefàn was out of earshot, he deridingly asked, “Is that your man?”
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When he turned back to Charisse seconds later and after Stefàn was out of earshot, he deridingly asked, “Is that your man?”
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When he turned back to Charisse seconds later and after Stefàn was out of earshot, he deridingly asked, “Is that your man?”
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When he turned back to Charisse seconds later and after Stefàn was out of earshot, he deridingly asked, “Is that your man?”
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The filling is the afore-mentioned and aptly-named Hieronymus, deridingly known as Hero by a sarcastic midshipman.
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The filling is the afore-mentioned and aptly-named Hieronymus, deridingly known as Hero by a sarcastic midshipman.
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And Dio, he had secured a few during the year since Antonia had left him, Marco recalled deridingly.
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You know, when I went up there, a lot of people deridingly referred to me as "the governor of a small southern state," and thought that nobody who came from the backwater of America had enough sense to do that job.
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"I keep thinking those bottle tops may be worth something," he said deridingly as they joined Trixie in the living-room.
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"I keep thinking those bottle tops may be worth something," he said deridingly as they joined Trixie in the living-room.
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