† a-scornadv.
Obsolete.
In scorn or mockery.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adverb] > contemptuously
lightlyOE
scornlichec1300
despitouslyc1320
hokerfullyc1330
scornfullyc1380
despisantly1389
deignouslyc1440
scorninglyc1440
contemningly1471
a-scornc1485
disdaininglyc1485
despiteouslya1500
disdainouslya1513
disdainishly?1529
a-swash1530
contemptuously1530
disdainfullya1533
despitefully1535
disdainedly1535
contemptibly1577
snuffingly1577
floutingly1580
despisingly1591
slightly1601
indignantly1602
contemptedly1605
overly1610
slightfully1627
despicably1637
slightingly1654
contemnibly1702
sneeringly1711
slightily1740
snottily1864
sniffingly1873
sufficiently1893
sniffily1902
pooh-poohingly1903
dismissively1922
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adverb]
hethelyc1175
hokerlyc1275
a-scoffc1300
scornfullyc1380
bourdfullya1400
japinglya1420
a-scornc1485
bourdly1500
mockishlya1529
mockingly1542
bourdingly1552
deridingly1570
frumpingly1576
floutingly1580
fleeringly?1620
derisively1665
mockfully1834
snook-cockingly1962
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1419 She wyll nat kysse þe on skorn. Boy. A skorn, no, no, I fynd it hernest!
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