Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-TEMPT'U-OUS-LY
CON-TEMPT'U-OUSCON-TEMPT'U-OUS-NESS
CON-TEMPT'U-OUS-LY, adv.
In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully. The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and treated contemptuously. – Taylor.
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