Definition of contemptuously in English:
 contemptuously
adverbkənˈtɛmptʃʊəslikənˈtɛmptjʊəsli
In a scornful way that shows disdain.
 he contemptuously dismisses his son's work
 Example sentencesExamples
-  She opened her eyes, staring contemptuously into the shadows that greeted her.
 -  Even debate about available options will be stonewalled or contemptuously brushed aside with "my nation, right or wrong" attitudes.
 -  There are clown voodoo dolls flung contemptuously across the room to land all floppy on a shelf.
 -  He later contemptuously called his own painting "trash."
 -  He hit back on Tuesday, contemptuously dismissing the economics professor as a "little leader."
 -  She stopped pacing to fold her arms over her chest and look contemptuously on the boy.
 -  He likes to present himself as a historian, contemptuously rejecting what eminent historians and experienced history teachers tell him about the history curriculum.
 -  Critics who express doubts about the underpinnings of the current recovery are contemptuously shot down.
 -  He contemptuously declined to take his fee in irredeemable currency, however profusely offered.
 -  She would be unlikely to advance her interests by sneering contemptuously at the people of her own state.
 
  Definition of contemptuously in US English:
 contemptuously
adverbkənˈtemptyo͝oəslēkənˈtɛmptjʊəsli
In a scornful way that shows disdain.
 he contemptuously dismisses his son's work
 Example sentencesExamples
-  She stopped pacing to fold her arms over her chest and look contemptuously on the boy.
 -  Critics who express doubts about the underpinnings of the current recovery are contemptuously shot down.
 -  Even debate about available options will be stonewalled or contemptuously brushed aside with "my nation, right or wrong" attitudes.
 -  There are clown voodoo dolls flung contemptuously across the room to land all floppy on a shelf.
 -  He likes to present himself as a historian, contemptuously rejecting what eminent historians and experienced history teachers tell him about the history curriculum.
 -  He hit back on Tuesday, contemptuously dismissing the economics professor as a "little leader."
 -  He contemptuously declined to take his fee in irredeemable currency, however profusely offered.
 -  She opened her eyes, staring contemptuously into the shadows that greeted her.
 -  She would be unlikely to advance her interests by sneering contemptuously at the people of her own state.
 -  He later contemptuously called his own painting "trash."