At some point during my time in Liverpool it became fashionable to sport what, if this were the mid 80s and I was Mrs Thatcher, would be derisorily referred to as "a skinhead". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
The one-inch window of visible light is derisorily tiny compared with the miles and miles of black cloth representing the invisible part of the spectrum, from radio waves at the hem of the skirt to gamma rays at the top of the head. From Wordnik.com. [The God Delusion]
Abts 'quiet, unsettling abstractions were described, derisorily, by one German critic as the painted equivalent of geometric wallpaper from the old GDR. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
PB&J always reminds me of the film The Breakfast Club, when Judd Nelson looks in Anthony Michael Hall's lunch bag and says derisorily, "PB&J with the crusts cut off. From Wordnik.com. [Ms Mac] Reference
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