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Definition of Contemptibly

Contemptibly
Contemptibly Con*tempt"i*bly, adv. In a contemptible manner.

Meaning of Contemptibly from wikipedia

- General French's contemptible little army". Hence, in later years, the survivors of the regular army dubbed themselves "The Old Contemptibles". No evidence...
- Look up contemptĀ or contemptible in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Contempt is an intense feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior...
- In colloquial usage, contempt usually refers to either the act of despising, or having a general lack of respect for something. This set of emotions generally...
- dependency. He found the figure of a master who could do nothing for himself contemptibly helpless. He was attracted by the ascetic teaching of Antisthenes, a...
- or objectionable man or woman in the United Kingdom and Ireland, or a contemptible man in Australia and New Zealand. In Australia and New Zealand, it can...
- whose programs used "****" on the air to refer to a person behaving contemptibly. Specifically, the FCC stated in its ruling: A number of complaints cite...
- pejorative term meaning one who is stupid or foolish, or an obnoxious, contemptible or detestable person. The word came into the English language from Yiddish...
- .. dwindled our commerce, and other similar pursuits, into the most contemptible insignificance; sunk a large majority of our people in galling poverty...
- commercial taxes, were considered by the gentry as social parasites with a contemptible status. These were often petty shopkeepers of urban marketplaces; merchants...
- Francis Davis, have criticized his treatment of women, describing it as "contemptible". Grammy Awards Miles Davis won eight Grammy Awards and received thirty-two...