disrespectfully

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/dɪs.ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl.i/

adverb

In a disrespectful manner; with a lack of respect.

Opposite
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Meanings

adverbdisrespectfully (comparative more disrespectfully, superlative most disrespectfully)

comparative more disrespectfully · superlative most disrespectfully

  1. In a disrespectful manner; with a lack of respect.

    She became disrespectfully referred to locally as the "Crab" on account of her extraordinary manoeuvrability.

    1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82
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    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.”

    1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

    Antonyms: respectfully

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a disrespectful manner; with a lack of respect.

Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin a disrespectful manner

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Catalan irrespectuosament
  • irrespectuosamentin a disrespectful manner
Esperanto malrespekte
  • malrespektein a disrespectful manner
Finnish epäkunnioittavasti
  • epäkunnioittavastiin a disrespectful manner
French irrespectueusement
  • irrespectueusementin a disrespectful manner
Greek ασεβώς
  • ασεβώς (asevós)in a disrespectful manner
Polish lekceważąco
  • lekceważącoin a disrespectful manner
Portuguese desrespeitosamente
  • desrespeitosamentein a disrespectful manner
Spanish irrespetuosamente
  • irrespetuosamentein a disrespectful manner
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APA

disrespectfully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disrespectfully

MLA

“disrespectfully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disrespectfully. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disrespectfully,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disrespectfully.

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