All 7 Uses
deride
in
Long Day's Journey into Night
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- He winks at her, with a derisive glance at his father.†
Act 1 *derisive = contemptuous (treating as inferior and unworthy of respect)
- MARY With a strange derisive smile.†
Act 2
- Derisively.†
Act 4derisively = with treatment as inferior and unworthy of respect
- He recites derisively, but with deep feeling.†
Act 4
- EDMUND Quotes derisively.†
Act 4
- EDMUND Derisively.†
Act 4
- JAMIE Derisively.†
Act 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(deride) to criticize with strong disrespect -- often with humor
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)