despectivamente

adv.

1 contemptously, scornfully; in derogatory terms.

2 contemptuously, disdainfully, dismissively, disparagingly.

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despectivamente

► adverbio

1 contemptuously, disparagingly

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ADV

1) (=con desprecio) contemptuously, scornfully

2) (Ling) pejoratively

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adverbio <tratar> contemptuously

nos habla a todos muy despectivamente — she really talks down to us

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= dismissively, disparagingly, derogatorily.

Ex. Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.

Ex. The term 'managerialism' is used disparagingly by many public sector professionals to describe recent organisational changes in public services, often associated with right wing policies aimed at weakening the role of both professionals and trade unions in order to cut costs.

Ex. Obviously one must here distinguish between 'scholarly' texts, middle-range texts and what might be referred to derogatorily as 'crammers' (books intended to help students to pass examinations with the minimum amount of effort).

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* hablar despectivamente = speak + disparagingly.

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adverbio <tratar> contemptuously

nos habla a todos muy despectivamente — she really talks down to us

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= dismissively, disparagingly, derogatorily.

Ex: Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.

Ex: The term 'managerialism' is used disparagingly by many public sector professionals to describe recent organisational changes in public services, often associated with right wing policies aimed at weakening the role of both professionals and trade unions in order to cut costs.

Ex: Obviously one must here distinguish between 'scholarly' texts, middle-range texts and what might be referred to derogatorily as 'crammers' (books intended to help students to pass examinations with the minimum amount of effort).

* hablar despectivamente = speak + disparagingly.

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despectivamente

adverb

contemptuously

nos habla a todos muy despectivamente she really talks down to us, she has a very contemptuous o superior way of talking to us

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despectivamente adv

scornfully, contemptuously