She had given the instructions in a curt, almost dismissive manner, as if Gen had angered her by going against her advice.

One of his tentacles twitched in a dismissive manner.

He examined the little monkey for a moment, then flicked it away in a dismissive manner that made Orlando angry.

Some felt, however, that they had been treated in a dismissive or disrespectful manner.

She tossed her blond locks in a dismissive manner.

He stood up, feeling bad about his dismissive manner.

But critics say that in the majority of cases this is actually due to the client having been treated in a disrespectful, judgmental, or dismissive manner.

Then she smiled at me in a brusque, dismissive manner and directed me to the railway station.

Mr. Kemp is entitled to his opinions but why he chooses to express them in such flippant and dismissive manner is puzzling.

She sat down in the same dismissive manner she remembered her headmistress using to good effect.