adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a contumelious manner.
a. With insolent contempt; with the infliction of dishonor.
1539. Tonstall, Serm. Palm Sund. (1823), 80. In playenge at any games there the tearynge of goddis name … be contumeliouselye in vayne brought forthe.
c. 1630. Risdon, Surv. Devon, § 111. Cutting off his head, [they] contumeleously threw it in a bush.
1717. L. Howel, Desiderius (ed. 3), 93. Derided, despis’d and contumeliously treated.
1858. Buckle, Civiliz. (1869), II. viii. 530. The magnificent discoveries of Newton were contumeliously rejected.
† b. Insolently. Obs.
1548. Patten, Exped. Scotl., in Arber, Garner, III. 68. Contumeliously against the High Majesty of God.
1577. Northbrooke, Dicing (1843), 66. He did it of set purpose, contumeliously, obstinately.
1631. Gouge, God’s Arrows, I. § 32. 51. They … cary themselves contumeliously against the threatnings of Gods Ministers.
† c. With opprobrious language, opprobriously.
1632. Lithgow, Trav., I. (1682), 3. Let venom-thundring criticks, contumeliously carp.
1656. Trapp, Comm. Acts ii. 13. Contumeliously cavilling, as those epicures at Athens did.
1665. Wither, Lord’s Prayer, 129. They … Jeer each other assoon as departed, and tattle as contumeliously to their mutual disparagement.
