DISCOURTEOUSLY Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

discourteously

adverb

Definition of discourteously

as in rudely

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So maybe the sting has not dissipated, not after the Brewers so rudely swept the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Kelly Clarkson is feuding with a magic and games store in Brooklyn, New York, claiming she was treated rudely after inquiring about a product, according to social media posts shared over the weekend.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of rudely

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Hazel swung the lamp in her hand and looked contemptuously at Ginny, surrounded by the naturalists and the teachers, who whispered encouragement.

— Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Men sneered contemptuously at them, while teenagers used their names as insults.

— Mikhail Zygar, Vanity Fair, 7 Jan. 2026

Definition of contemptuously

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Spending time with friends or dating partners who treat them poorly or disrespectfully.

— Sherri Gordon, Parents, 23 Sep. 2026
But the latter appears to be connected to an incident in February, where an employee at one of her Louisville, Kentucky, stores allegedly treated a law enforcement officer disrespectfully.

— Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 15 July 2026

Definition of disrespectfully

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The camera then switches from the chaos of the puppy, to the kitten—who is sitting in a relaxed position, blinking slowly, and staring almost disdainfully at the wriggling puppy.

— Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Bella, in her podcast conversation with Trinny Woodall, recalled that once, at a village post office, a shop assistant disdainfully called her a hippie.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025

Definition of disdainfully

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At first, Flyte seemed like a more advanced version of that archetype, but her loyalty as Taverner’s right hand was more to protocol and country than to thoughtlessly serving her boss.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Finally, implementation itself can create friction if done too quickly or thoughtlessly.

— Sujay Jadhav, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of thoughtlessly

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No matter how cruelly politicians and pundits discuss them, and no matter how desensitized the American people become by this rhetoric, immigrant kids are still kids.

— Hannah Harshe, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
And, if Barisone was psychotically deluded, how was the jury meant to understand the defense’s central framing, which was that Kanarek had cruelly tried to harm Barisone?

— Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of cruelly

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