The pad would not stay on Modestine’s back for half a moment. I returned it to its maker, with whom I had so contumelious a passage that the street outside was crowded from wall to wall with gossips looking on and listening.
rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; insolent or disdainful
Hyphenation
rude·ly contemptuous; show·ing contumely; in·so·lent or dis·dain·ful