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Antonyms for disrespectfully


Grammar : Adv
Spell : dis-ri-spekt-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs rɪˈspɛkt fəl



Definition of disrespectfully

Origin :
  • 1670s; see dis- + respectful. Related: Disrespectfully.
  • As in rudely : adv impolitely
Example sentences :
  • "I should think Wang would like her, to put her in his Joss house," he said disrespectfully.
  • Extract from : « In Blue Creek Caon » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • No, he was alone with you, and thought it safe to be disrespectfully familiar.
  • Extract from : « The Guardian Angel » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • “Because they might get her unjustly and disrespectfully talked about,” said she, evasively.
  • Extract from : « Her Mother's Secret » by Emma D. E. N. Southworth
  • My mother was then disrespectfully helped in and we were sent adrift.
  • Extract from : « The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives » by Elizabeth Strong Worthington
  • Aren't you ashamed to speak so disrespectfully of Mr. Carmody?
  • Extract from : « The Promise » by James B. Hendryx
  • I could not understand why Papa should speak of him so disrespectfully.
  • Extract from : « Childhood » by Leo Tolstoy
  • If he were, he would hardly speak so disrespectfully of these batrachians.
  • Extract from : « Birds in the Bush » by Bradford Torrey
  • For is it not deservedly, if disrespectfully, named a cabbage-head?
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 » by Various
  • "The old girl looks as spry as ever," said Nelson disrespectfully.
  • Extract from : « The Mission of Janice Day » by Helen Beecher Long
  • And yet it was very striking how once, not disrespectfully, the men laughed at him.
  • Extract from : « At Plattsburg » by Allen French

Synonyms for disrespectfully

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