adv. Obs. rare1. [f. prec. + -LY.] With contempt, contemptuously.
1702. in W. S. Perry, Hist. Coll. Amer. Col. Ch., I. 73. How contemnibly will they look upon me for not knowing how to make a right judgment of men.
adv. Obs. rare1. [f. prec. + -LY.] With contempt, contemptuously.
1702. in W. S. Perry, Hist. Coll. Amer. Col. Ch., I. 73. How contemnibly will they look upon me for not knowing how to make a right judgment of men.