dédaigneusement
French
Etymology
From dédaigneux + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.dɛ.ɲøz.mɑ̃/ ~ /de.de.ɲøz.mɑ̃/
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Adverb
dédaigneusement
- scornfully, disdainfully, contemptuously
- 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […][1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
- — Acide de sucre? fit le pharmacien dédaigneusement. Je ne connais pas, j'ignore!
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Further reading
- “dédaigneusement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012