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sneeringly

adv

Etymology

From sneering + -ly.

Definitions

  1. In a sneering manner.

    • "You know what sort of portrait we want?" "Captain of Industry?" Roger said sneeringly.
    • The collapse in the legitimacy of what once was respectfully called middle-class morality but today is sneeringly referred to as "middle-class values"

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