scoffingly

1. 1.

   in a disrespectful and mocking manner

   “`Sorry,' she repeated derisively”

   Synonymsderisivelyderisorilymockingly

Questions about scoffingly

What does scoffingly mean?

scoffingly means "in a disrespectful and mocking manner".

How many syllables are in scoffingly?

scoffingly has 3 syllables and divides as scof-fin-gly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for scoffingly?

Close synonyms include derisively, derisorily, mockingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.