scornfully

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scorn/skɔːn/

▶noun

• 1 contempt or disdain expressed openly.

• 2 archaic a statement or gesture showing contempt.

▶verb

• 1 express scorn for.

• 2 reject in a contemptuous way.

– derivatives
scorner noun,
scornful adjective,
scornfully adverb,
scornfulness noun.

– origin ME: shortening of OFr. escarn (n.), escharnir (v.), of Gmc origin.