What does scornfully mean?

scornfully means "without respect; in a disdainful manner".

How many syllables are in scornfully?

scornfully has 3 syllables: scorn-ful-ly. The stress falls on "scorn".

What is another word for scornfully?

Close synonyms include contemptuously, disdainfully, contumeliously. 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.

Is scornfully a common word?

scornfully is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

scornfully — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
without respect; in a disdainful manner
“she spoke of him contemptuously”
Synonymscontemptuously disdainfully contumeliously

Questions about scornfully

What does scornfully mean?: scornfully means "without respect; in a disdainful manner".
How many syllables are in scornfully?: scornfully has 3 syllables: scorn-ful-ly. The stress falls on "scorn".
What is another word for scornfully?: Close synonyms include contemptuously, disdainfully, contumeliously. 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.

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