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How to pronounce contemptuously
“contemptuously” pronunciation in real English speech
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“contemptuously” in real sentences
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At first, the authorities and most Argentines wrote them off contemptuously.
60 Minutes
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the Tory Party should have been dismissed contemptuously as the wets.
Intelligence Squared
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is said alice it would feel queer to me you said the caterpillar contemptuously who
British Library
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inquiries with readiness of good breeding and good nature that is to say cried marianne contemptuously
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