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Meaning of "despisingly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DESPISINGLY

despisingly  [dɪsˈpaɪzɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESPISINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Despisingly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES DESPISINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of despisingly in the English dictionary

The definition of despisingly in the dictionary is in a despising manner; contemptuously.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESPISINGLY


agonisingly
ˈæɡəˌnaɪzɪŋlɪ
agonizingly
ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋlɪ
appetisingly
ˈæpɪˌtaɪzɪŋlɪ
appetizingly
ˈæpɪtaɪzɪŋlɪ
compromisingly
ˈkɒmprəˌmaɪzɪŋlɪ
criticizingly
ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪzɪŋlɪ
demoralisingly
dɪˈmɒrəˌlaɪzɪŋlɪ
enterprisingly
ˈentəpraɪzɪŋlɪ
paralyzingly
ˈpærəˌlaɪzɪŋlɪ
patronizingly
ˈpætrənaɪzɪŋlɪ
scrutinisingly
ˈskruːtɪˌnaɪzɪŋlɪ
scrutinizingly
ˈskruːtɪˌnaɪzɪŋlɪ
surprisingly
səˈpraɪzɪŋlɪ
tantalisingly
ˈtæntəˌlaɪzɪŋlɪ
tantalizingly
ˈtæntəlaɪzɪŋlɪ
temporizingly
ˈtempəˌraɪzɪŋlɪ
unappetisingly
ʌnˈæpɪˌtaɪzɪŋlɪ
unappetizingly
ʌnˈæpɪtaɪzɪŋlɪ
uncompromisingly
ʌnˈkɒmprəmaɪzɪŋlɪ
unsurprisingly
ˌʌnsəˈpraɪzɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESPISINGLY

despicability
despicable
despicableness
despicably
despiritualise
despiritualize
despisable
despisal
despise
despisedness
despisement
despiser
despite
despiteful
despitefully
despitefulness
despiteous
despiteously
despoil
despoiler

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESPISINGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
correspondingly
exceedingly
increasingly
interestingly
irritatingly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
overwhelmingly
seemingly
shockingly
sickeningly
singly
sparingly
strikingly
strongly
stunningly
willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of despisingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «despisingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESPISINGLY

Find out the translation of despisingly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of despisingly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «despisingly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

despisingly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

con desprecio
570 millions of speakers

English

despisingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

despisingly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

despisingly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

despisingly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

com desprezo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

despisingly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

despisingly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak senonoh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

despisingly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

despisingly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

despisingly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Despisingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

despisingly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

despisingly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तिरस्करणीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

despisingly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

despisingly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

despisingly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

despisingly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

despisingly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

despisingly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

despisingly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

despisingly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

despisingly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of despisingly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPISINGLY»

The term «despisingly» is normally little used and occupies the 149.426 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPISINGLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «despisingly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «despisingly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about despisingly

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESPISINGLY»

Discover the use of despisingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to despisingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reply to the "Statement of the Trustees" of the Dudley ...
This offer, orally made to me, [Peters] I communicated immediately to Dr. Gould, but it was by him instantly and despisingly refused.” This, so far as it relates to myself, is without truth or foundation ; for I never heard of such an offer until I read it ...
Benjamin Apthorp Gould, 1859
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Works
Now, ifshe comes to one that is dead, that she is confident will not grow, up she pulls that, and makes to the 'heap of rubbish with it, where she despisingly castsit down, and valueth it no more than a nettle, or a weed, or than the dust she hath ...
John Bunyan, 1806
3
The Eclectic Review
Otherwise it is false ; for if a ' man that seeth it to be his duty, shall despisingly neglect it, ' or if he that hath no faith therein shall foolishly take it up, ' both these are for this the worse, being convicted in them- ' selves for transgressors.
4
The Italian Pleasures of Gabriele Paterkallos
Despisingly, Alessandra What does one do but ignore such puerile rantings? She knew full well that she was stepping into a hornet's nest the moment that our lips touched by the Colosseum; rather on second thought, the moment that she ...
Pietros Maneos, 2012
5
Annual Report of the Board of Education
No regard is had to qualification, and the office — considered a very mean. one — is despisingly rolled from one upon another, a public burden ; each, while it must be borne, seeking his own convenience, with no eye to the public good.
Massachusetts. Board of Education, 1866
6
The Scene of the Mass Crime: History, Film, and ...
... which Stalin despisingly called “agricultural trials,” the majority of the accused being kolkhoz or MTS (Machine Tractor Stations) chairmen, low- and middle- ranking Party officials in rural administration accused of sabotaging the harvesting of ...
Christian Delage, Peter Goodrich, 2013
7
Belletristical Works
any of my quality frown at me, or say or do anything despisingly, I warrant you I could not be easy till I picked a quarrel with the varlet, and taught him to carry his sweetest looks next time we came in sight of each other. Now you be fully as good ...
Nathan Drake, 1838
8
Shakspeare and His Friends
So difficult is it for a sensitive mind that hath for any considerable period concentrated its thoughts upon one object with the deepest and sincerest affectionateness to regard it despisingly when that object has proved itself to be of a despicable ...
9
The birthright and other tales
That son of Sparks's, as you so despisingly call him, dearest papa, is a most charming partner ; while Lord Dudley, and my cousin Robert, are little better than boors. Everard Sparks can talk and dance, as well as they ride across a country.
Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), 1844
10
Previous Convictions: Assignments From Here and There
There is no pain in the literary world as masochistically, self-despisingly painful as title envy. All authors have a secret list, a buried hoard of sure-fire, brilliant, memorable, posterity-guaranteeing titles – if only they could come up with the small ...
A. A. Gill, 2010

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESPISINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term despisingly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How Marvin Miller Led Players Union and Changed Baseball Forever
... memoir “Hardball” wrote despisingly: “There was about Miller a wariness one would find in an abused animal. It precluded trust or affection.”. «Jewish Daily Forward, Feb 15»
2
Rwanda: 20 years after the genocide
Inyenzi, or "cockroaches" was what the killers had despisingly dubbed Tutsis, and that day they were hell bent on eradicating as many as they ... «Herald Scotland, Apr 14»
3
The Maestro Business
A Philharmonic trombonist despisingly wrote a blog terming Kaplan's career as guest conductor a “woefully sad farce.” Despite these ominous ... «Forward, Dec 09»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Despisingly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/despisingly>. Apr 2024 ».
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