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English
Etymology
From disrespectful + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
disrespectfully (comparative more disrespectfully, superlative most disrespectfully)
- In a disrespectful manner; with a lack of respect.
- Antonym: respectfully
1907 August, Robert W Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:She became disrespectfully referred to locally as the "Crab" on account of her extraordinary manoeuvrability.
Translations
in a disrespectful manner