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Sneeringly

Sneeringly \Sneer"ing*ly\, adv. In a sneering manner.

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sneeringly

adv. In a sneering manner.

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sneeringly

adv. with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner; "`I don't believe in these customs,' he said sneeringly" [syn: superciliously, snidely]

Usage examples of "sneeringly".

There seemed to be a madness in the air as English men raised their cups on high to sneeringly toast William the Bastard and roamed about in confused frustration.

On the afternoon of February zo, Lincoln broke away suddenly from Stanton who was berating him, half sneeringly, for not enforcing his full authority on McClellan, broke away because a sudden prescience of tragedy touched him on the quick.

None of which was much warm comfort, considering that Durexter had openly and sneeringly short-coined Bezrar and Surth, laughingly directing them to "call on the gods" or "beseech the Crown" for their losses.

Even if she slowed down, and followed the phrases in a moronic lip-mime like Honey frowning over Love Yourself, the words were giving nothing away, smug, sated, chockful of good things sneeringly denied to her.

She waved her long, thin hands in complex gestures and the man responded sneeringly in kind.