Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
contemptuously, disdainfully, scornfully, contumeliously
(adverb) without respect; in a disdainful manner; “she spoke of him contemptuously”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scornfully (comparative more scornfully, superlative most scornfully)
In a scornful manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Scorn"ful, a.
1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. Prior. Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak.
2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. [Obs.] The scornful mark of every open eye. Shak.
Syn.
– Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful; insolent.
– Scorn"ful*ly, adv.
– Scorn"ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.