derogatively

adv

derogatively

adv

Etymology From derogative + -ly.

1

In a derogative way or manner: derogatorily.

  • Curiously, I could not speak derogatively of her to anyone.1963, Xavier Herbert, Distubing Element, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 233:

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