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- Then they act all disdainful when out-of-towners break the code by rushing up and asking for an autograph as a pair of girls in U Michigan sweatshirts have just done, much to the annoyance of the nearby trio of snobs, who watch the girls and roll their eyes and give me a look of sympathy.†
p. 10.1disdainful = full of disrespect
- "I'm not scared of bears," Mia said disdainfully.†
p. 170.9 *disdainfully = with a lack of respect; or with a sense of superiority
Definitions:
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(1)
(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)