adv. [f. prec.] In a sneering or scornful manner; with a sneer.
1711. Hearne, Collect. (O.H.S.), III. 127. This he spoke sneeringly and by way of derision and Contempt.
1740–2. Richardson, Pamela, II. 227. Well, Child, said she, sneeringly, how dost find thyself?
1813. Byron, Br. Abydos, I. v. Sneeringly these accents fell.
1865. Miss Braddon, H. Dunbar, ii. James Wentworth laughed sneeringly.
1886. W. J. Tucker, E. Europe, 243. ‘They now rejoice in the aristocratic name of Desewffy,’ said he sneeringly.
