scornfully
/ˈskɔɹnfəli/
"scornfully" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scornfully” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively.
Corpus desk
Index EN-scornfully · scornfully · English
scornfully · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scornfully |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈskɔɹnfəli/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “scornfully” in English
Rare enough to double-check
scornfully is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈskɔɹnfəli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively.".
No misspelling variants are generated for scornfully in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English scornfully; equivalent to scornful + -ly (adverbial suffix). The correct English form is scornfully, spelled S-C-O-R-N-F-U-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scornfully appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Do they not sneakingly bestow on me their crass inability to do anything with their own misbegotten progeny, a subterfuge which I scornfully fub off on text-books?"
"Get drunk! Damn it, I am drunk," he said scornfully.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scornfully; equivalent to scornful + -ly (adverbial suffix).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.