| The affable John Southworth registers his discontent mildly yet emphatically, his soft British accent shading the offending phrase with the damning taint of dismissiveness. |
| Yet such dismissiveness was in itself the product of contest. |
| I must also acknowledge, however, how hard it is to change a culture of dismissiveness, long developed within ourselves, in our own countries and in the mission areas. |
| It is another example not only of dismissiveness of the lesser code, but insensitive timing also. |
| Some in Brussels reckon his seeming dismissiveness reflects a disdain for diplomatic formality rather than an ideological euroscepticism. |
| The envoys' reception was so offhand that they decided to cut their trip short and returned home in a huff. Other critics have met with similar dismissiveness of late. |
