All 3 Uses
scorn
in
The Jungle Book
(Edited)
- "Keep count!" shouted Mowgli scornfully.
p. 107.8scornfully = with a strong disrespect or disdain
- All the same he would have scorned to look at or touch one of his wounds.
p. 145.3scorned = rejected as beneath him
- "Do you think a snake-killer kills muskrats?" said Rikki-tikki scornfully.
p. 160.3 *scornfully = in a disdainful manner (as though too good to do such work)
Definitions:
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(1)
(scorn) disrespect or reject as not good enough
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)