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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈskɔɹnfəli/ [General-American], /ˈskɔːnfəli/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more scornfully [comparative], most scornfully [superlative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English scornfully; equivalent to scornful + -ly (adverbial suffix). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|scornfully|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English scornfully, {{inh+|en|enm|scornfully}} Inherited from Middle English scornfully, {{suffix|en|scornful|ly|id2=adverbial|pos2=adverbial suffix}} scornful + -ly (adverbial suffix) Head templates: {{en-adv}} scornfully (comparative more scornfully, superlative most scornfully)
  1. In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively. Translations (in a scornful manner): ivallisesti (Finnish), halveksivasti (Finnish), verachtend (German), בְּבִטּוּל (Hebrew), contemptim (Latin), scornfully (Middle English), прези́рливо (prezýrlyvo) (Ukrainian), знева́жливо (znevážlyvo) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-scornfully-en-adv-IQ7ARqtr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 33 32 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 62 18 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 25 28

Adverb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈskɔrnfuliː/, /ˈskɔːrnfuliː/ Forms: schornfully [alternative], scornefully [alternative], scornefullyche [alternative], scornefuly [alternative], scornfuli [alternative], scornfulli [alternative], scornfullich [alternative], scournfully [alternative], skornfully [alternative]
Etymology: From scornful (“scornful”) + -ly (“-ly”, adverbial suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|enm|scornful|-ly|id2=adverbial|pos2=adverbial suffix|t1=scornful|t2=-ly}} scornful (“scornful”) + -ly (“-ly”, adverbial suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=}} scornfully, {{enm-adv}} scornfully, {{tlb|enm|Late ME}} (Late Middle English)
  1. scornfully, contemptuously Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-scornfully-enm-adv-b4J0e5oq Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 33 32 36
  2. mockingly, derisively Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-scornfully-enm-adv-CWmeTKkg Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 33 32 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Hatred Disambiguation of Hatred: 0 0

Alternative forms

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  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scornfully, contemptuously"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scornfully",
          "scornfully#English"
        ],
        [
          "contemptuously",
          "contemptuously"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mockingly, derisively"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mockingly",
          "mockingly"
        ],
        [
          "derisively",
          "derisively"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskɔrnfuliː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskɔːrnfuliː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scornfully"
}

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