disparaginglyadv.
In a disparaging manner; slightingly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [adverb]
sinisterlya1492
vilipendiously1536
unworthily1589
detractingly1598
derogatorily1603
diminutively1613
derogatelya1616
diminishingly1672
disparagingly1707
depreciatingly1837
1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility i. 28 We are not to think disparagingly of that excellent nature God has given us.
1834 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 35 486 The ‘dirty acres’, as Sir Lucius..disparagingly calls them.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 351 Not that I mean to speak disparagingly of any one who is a student of natural philosophy.
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