sardonically

[ sahr-don-ik-lee ]

adverb

1. 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

sardonic ( def ) + -ally ( def )

Example Sentences

The town, sardonically referred to by the locals as “Poisonville,” .

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The room of conservatives did, along with one of the Times reporters, who loudly and sardonically lifted his glass “To Andrew.”

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“Welcome to Egypt,” said a youth to me, sardonically, and pointed to the group of handcuffed people around me.

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Or, as one Russian blogger sardonically put it, "It seems we've been playing better on our knees."

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The result—it is almost sardonically proverbial—was to end up destroying much of the general population in order to save it.

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Jensen grinned sardonically, for he had been expecting Wade's visit and was prepared for it.

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What chance, it sardonically suggested, had any mere average man against a rival like Eugene Gresham?

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There was a pause, groping and desperate on Betton's part, sardonically calm on his visitor's.

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My dear old Thomas, you have always sardonically greeted me as the man of calm and clockwork feelings.

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One of the newcomers smiled sardonically, and the agent recognized two of his companions.

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