Associations to the word «Derisively»

Wiktionary

DERISIVELY, adverb. In a mocking and demeaning manner.

Dictionary definition

DERISIVELY, adverb. In a disrespectful and mocking manner; "`Sorry,' she repeated derisively".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky