`Sorry,' she repeated derisively. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : derisive heckling. From Dictionary.com.
In fact, I should thank the people who have used this term derisively against me. From Wordnik.com. [Liberal the word defined, the term accepted] Reference
A term derisively coined by conventional farmer Blake Hurst in the right-wing magazine. From Wordnik.com. [Grist - the Latest from Grist] Reference
The time was called derisively, "a long leg and a short one.". From Wordnik.com. [Sabbath in Puritan New England] Reference
She took both hands, and called derisively as she fired again. From Wordnik.com. [The Man of the Forest] Reference
What was once dubbed derisively as "Hillarycare" will now carry that moniker as a brand of honor. From Wordnik.com. [Hilary Rosen: Gratitude for Hillary] Reference
A voice called derisively from near the stern rail. From Wordnik.com. [Typhoon Season]
I always called her derisively "my rich sister.". From Wordnik.com. [The American Dream Book Tour & Protest Across the USA] Reference
"derisively"? by Jeremy R. Hammond on Sunday, Aug 24, 2008 at 10: 47: 21 PM. From Wordnik.com. [NIST Releases Long-Awaited Report on WTC7] Reference
'derisively', according to Wikipedia, to describe a person opposed to technological change. From Wordnik.com. [iTnews Australia] Reference
Felicia cut in derisively while Jermanique wilted. From Wordnik.com. [I Can't Answer] Reference
The girl laughed derisively, then broke off abruptly. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
Farmers derisively call the government funds "tea money.". From Wordnik.com. [Myanmar Loosens Yoke on Farmers] Reference
"Ha -- ha -- ha!" laughed a chorus of little people, derisively. From Wordnik.com. [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference
Prominent Republicans address him, derisively, as "Mr. President.". From Wordnik.com. [The Other Guy] Reference
They cling to what is derisively known as God-of-the-Gaps theology. From Wordnik.com. [Clay Farris Naff: Stephen Hawking to God: Your Services Are No Longer Needed; God to Hawking: You So Don't Get Who I Am] Reference
"A first cousin to Ananias and Sapphira," finished David derisively. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
She added derisively, and the mayor, he's hiding in his mother's skirt. From Wordnik.com. [Turf Fight Is New Front In Mexico's Drug War] Reference
Esther Taylor, a stylish girl with a flippant manner, laughed derisively. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
He notes derisively, "Someone came up with the idea it's a woman's right.". From Wordnik.com. [Marcia G. Yerman: '12th & Delaware' Joins the HBO Summer Documentary Series] Reference
He smiled, -- facially, and also, as it seemed to me, a little derisively. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Vernay looked dazed for an instant, then recovered and laughed derisively. From Wordnik.com. [Alarm Clock] Reference
They asked derisively whether we were protecting the Canal or the Canal us. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
"I hope you will like the contents," I remarked derisively, handing her the box. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
He stood rooted to the ground while the men in the freight car waved derisively. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
You laugh, you cry; you implore, you demand; he only frowns, or smiles derisively. From Wordnik.com. [Princess Zara] Reference
"And if we did, I suppose you'd run away and hide your head," laughed the Kid derisively. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers] Reference
"The shrine," the youngest says derisively, although she misses the other two as much as I do. From Wordnik.com. [FLOWN AWAY, LEFT BEHIND] Reference
Jeremiah, seeing that the battle was won, turned tail and fled, Owl hooting derisively after him. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in Grandfather's House] Reference
Archie B. seized it and spat on it derisively: "Oh, well, that's the way of the worl '," he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
The hawks, said the Times derisively, argued "that the North was simply stalling while it built more bombs.". From Wordnik.com. [Jimmy Carter, Disappointed] Reference
Critics dubbed it "News McNuggets" and "McPaper" -- editors and journalists laughed derisively at Neuharth's folly. From Wordnik.com. [BJ Gallagher: Publishing's Rule-Breakers and Risk-Takers] Reference
Whatever they said took on a new interest and had persuasive force instead of being lightly or derisively dismissed. From Wordnik.com. [Sympathy] Reference
Each began to criticize the other silently, to sneer at his weaknesses, to meditate derisively upon his peculiarities. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Of course when this remarkable intention became known among the fisher-folk it was derisively condemned by the elders. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
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