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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Contumelious \Con'tu*me"li*ous\ (?or ?; 106), adjective [L. contumeliosus.]
1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.
Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. --Shak.
Curving a contumelious lip. --Tennyson.
2. Shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. -- {Con'tu*me"li*ous*ly}, adverb -- {Con'tu*me"li*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
contumeliously
adverb: without respect; in a disdainful manner; "she spoke of him contemptuously" [syn: {contemptuously}, {disdainfully}, {scornfully}, {showing contempt}]
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