contemptuously in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for contemptuously in the English»French Dictionary

contemptuously [Brit kənˈtɛmptʃʊəsli, Am kənˈtɛmptjʊəsli] ADV

contemptuously smile, say, treat

avec mépris

contemptuously behave

de façon méprisante

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English

This time, he chose a victory ship; but the antiaircraft fire, which he had ignored so contemptuously, cut his mission short.

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A vestige of this denomination is still retained, and applied to dancing, though somewhat contemptuously; for an inferior dancing-meeting is generally called a hop.

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Its economic officials spoke condescendingly, if not contemptuously, of their neighbors.

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