Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Serving to dismiss.
- adjective Showing indifference or disregard.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Giving dismission; dismissory: as, “the dismissive writing,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Giving dismission.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Showing
disregard , indicatingrejection , serving todismiss .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showing indifference or disregard
- adjective stopping to associate with
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Examples
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Georgiana nodded to one corner, her expression dismissive.
The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009
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Georgiana nodded to one corner, her expression dismissive.
The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009
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Georgiana nodded to one corner, her expression dismissive.
The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009
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The Clinton group problems, teamed with what she calls the dismissive or at best distracted air that characterized communications with the Facebook staff, fueled her fears.
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Mr. Layton also took a strip off Mr. Harper for what he described as a dismissive and disdainful attitude towards workers who have lost their jobs.
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So he couches his preferred outcome in dismissive language.
Balkinization 2007
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So he couches his preferred outcome in dismissive language.
Balkinization 2007
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So he couches his preferred outcome in dismissive language.
Balkinization 2007
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So he couches his preferred outcome in dismissive language.
Balkinization 2007
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So he couches his preferred outcome in dismissive language.
Balkinization 2007
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