English Explanatory Dictionary

scornfully

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively.

Pronunciation

/ˈskɔɹnfəli/ /ˈskɔːnfəli/

Word forms

scornfully more scornfully most scornfully

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English scorn Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English scornful Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English scornfully English scornfully Inherited from Middle English scornfully; equivalent to scornful + -ly (adverbial suffix).

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