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sardonically
[ sahr-don-ik-lee ]
adverb
- in a way that is characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mockingly:
She laughed and sardonically sang him a love song as she prepared to walk out of his life.
Other Words From
- un·sar·don·i·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of sardonically1
Example Sentences
The town, sardonically referred to by the locals as “Poisonville,” .
The room of conservatives did, along with one of the Times reporters, who loudly and sardonically lifted his glass “To Andrew.”
“Welcome to Egypt,” said a youth to me, sardonically, and pointed to the group of handcuffed people around me.
Or, as one Russian blogger sardonically put it, "It seems we've been playing better on our knees."
The result—it is almost sardonically proverbial—was to end up destroying much of the general population in order to save it.
Jensen grinned sardonically, for he had been expecting Wade's visit and was prepared for it.
What chance, it sardonically suggested, had any mere average man against a rival like Eugene Gresham?
There was a pause, groping and desperate on Betton's part, sardonically calm on his visitor's.
My dear old Thomas, you have always sardonically greeted me as the man of calm and clockwork feelings.
One of the newcomers smiled sardonically, and the agent recognized two of his companions.
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