Both Uses of
scorn
in
My Antonia
- Grandmother murmured something in embarrassment, but the Bohemian woman laughed scornfully, a kind of whinny-laugh, and, catching up an empty coffee-pot from the shelf, shook it at us with a look positively vindictive.†
Book 1 *scornfully = in a disrespectful or rejecting manner
- Leo, in a low voice, tossed off some scornful remark in Bohemian.†
Book 5scornful = full of strong disrespect or rejection
Definition:
disrespect or reject as not good enough