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Meanings of ineffable contempt in English

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Usage of ineffable contempt in English
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Sam turned and confronted him, with a steady gaze of ineffable contempt.
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
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And Miss Rockett sipped her lemon-tinctured tea with a smile of ineffable contempt.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
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But he braved the storm, smiling upon them his ineffable contempt.
Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
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They showered ineffable contempt upon him in every way consistent with their littleness and-refinement
The Underground Railroad / A Record of Facts, Authentic Narrativ...
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He looked down at me, I thought, with ineffable contempt.
Marmaduke Merry: A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days
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His wife looked at him with ineffable contempt.
The Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet in California, Son...
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Turning his head slowly and with a gesture of ineffable contempt, Good swept his hand across his mouth.
King Solomon's Mines
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The chief looked at him and replied, with the most ineffable contempt: "What should I answer?"
The Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet in California, Son...
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And when the patriotic Tommy hesitated for an answer, the preceptor exclaimed with ineffable contempt, 'Race de fous'!
A Book of Scoundrels
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Myra said little during the journey, but an expression of ineffable contempt and disgust seemed permanent on her countenance.
Endymion
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Upon which Adams, with a look full of ineffable contempt, told him, "He deserved scourging for his pronunciation."
Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1
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His antagonist, looking on him with ineffable contempt, answered he would take some proper opportunity to cane him as he deserved.
Anna St. Ives
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He said he looked back with ineffable contempt upon the days when he had hoped to build a nest and see her beside him there.
The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
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"So I thought," cried Rosamond, with a look of ineffable contempt.
Tales and Novels — Volume 07 / Patronage [part 1]
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"Heart!-Privatefriendship!" repeated Mrs. Falconer, with a tone of ineffable contempt.
Tales and Novels — Volume 07 / Patronage [part 1]
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'Be happy, darling, do,' she said, in her loving half-childish way, while Miss Rylance looked on with ineffable contempt.
The Golden Calf
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