sneeringly

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Snappish, at times sneeringly so, she answered my questions with a brusque dismissiveness that made me think that she was doing this interview under duress.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023

Not just mundanely flat, but aggressively, sneeringly terrible.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2020

And I hear it every time someone sneeringly dismisses “a boomer”, anyone born between 1946 and 1964, or “a second waver”, a feminist who came of age in the 1960s and 70s.

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2020

The Collaboration's efforts were embraced by nurses and younger doctors, who for the first time had a means of challenging the decisions of their elders — what proponents sneeringly called “eminence-based medicine.”

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2020

He begins this selection by sneeringly calling my father out to head the line.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper