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Disparagingly tells you how someone speaks, , or looks: in a putting-down way. The feeling is the same as disparaging, but this form goes with a verb. If she talks disparagingly of a plan, her manner shows she does not think it is worth much. It is a rather formal word; in easy talk you might say she spoke as if the idea was silly. Though actually, people sometimes smile disparagingly without saying a hard word — the look does the work.
輕蔑地、帶貶意地
組成disparaging + -ly (in that manner).
同家族的字
- disparagingthe adjective this adverb is built from
- disparagethe verb at the root: to put someone or something down
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
disparaginglyadv
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Insultingly.
- 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?"
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。