disparagingly
/dɪspˈɛɹɪdʒɪŋli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Example Sentences
- "The candidate spoke of his opponent disparagingly."
- "Sadie wrestled with the door's defective lock, saying disparagingly, "You seem to be making the running with doctors these days. Where did you pick up that one?""
- "During the American Revolution, the British called the colonists "Yankees," a term with a history that is still in dispute. While the British intended it disparagingly, the Americans, in perhaps the first historical instance of reclamation, made the word their own and gave it a positive spin, turning the derisive song "Yankee Doodle" into our first, if unofficial, national anthem."
- "In fact, it's often somewhat disparagingly called "Boz Angeles" for the many Californians and celebrities that have come to town, as well as its perceived "fanciness" in relation to the rest of the state."
Etymology
Etymology tree English disparaging Middle English -ly English -ly English disparagingly From disparaging + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more disparagingly (comparative)
most disparagingly (superlative)