disdainfully |
1. adv. In a disdainful manner. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
ironically |
1. adv. (manner) In an ironic manner; in a way displaying irony. | |
2. adv. (evaluative) Used to draw attention to an ironic aspect of a situation being described. | |
humorous |
1. adj. Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny. | |
The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him. | |
2. adj. Showing humor; witty, jocular. | |
3. adj. (obsolete) Damp or watery. | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical. | |