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Definition of Contumeliously
1. Adverb. Without respect; in a disdainful manner. "She spoke of him contemptuously"
Partainyms: Contemptuous, Contumelious, Disdainful, Scornful
Definition of Contumeliously
1. Adverb. In a contumelious manner. ¹
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Definition of Contumeliously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contumeliously
Literary usage of Contumeliously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1921)
"... he has contumeliously reproached the Holy Scriptures— thus endeavoring, in
his malignity, to disseminate his impious. sentiments among the poor and ..."
2. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"... va To injure violently or contumeliously, to ifl- sult roughly and tumultuously.
... contumeliously ..."
3. An Introduction to the Defence of Abner Kneeland, Charged with Blasphemy by Abner Kneeland (1834)
"The blasphemy must be wilfully denying God, cursing or contumeliously reproaching
God, his creation, government and final judging of the world, ..."
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