~ (of sb/sth) showing that you do not believe a person or thing to be important or worth considering:
a dismissive gesture / tone * She was always dismissive of other women in the office.
dismissively adverb:
to shrug / wave dismissively
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is dismissive a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, dismissive is tagged as adjective.
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