Both Uses of
deride
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- A spurt of derisive laughter came from the tree man.†
Chpt 27
- "Clock watcher," commented a girl derisively.
Chpt 43 *derisively = contemptuously (with treatment as inferior and unworthy of respect)
Definition:
-
(deride) to criticize with strong disrespect -- often
with humor