mockingly
mockingly adverb: said, written, or done with the intent to mock, or ridicule; with mocking effect.
Adverb
mockingly (comparative more mockingly, superlative most mockingly)
- Said, written, or done with the intent to mock, or ridicule; with mocking effect.
- I remember how mockingly bright the day seemed as I went back on my melancholy pilgrimage to the little house at Woking, how busy the streets and vivid the moving life about me.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 291
- It then mockingly says they connect “like-minded Tesla owners with one another, facilitating a vibrant community through shared contact information.”2025 March 18, Michael Gauthier, “Tesla Owners’ Personal Info Leaked On DOGEQuest Site, Musk Calls It Domestic Terrorism”, in Carscoops
mockingly meaning in Malayalam
mockingly in Malayalam
- പരിഹാസപൂർവ്വം
Forms of mockingly
| comparative | more mockingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mockingly |
Origin of mockingly
From mocking + -ly.
Words formed from mockingly
Questions about mockingly
- What does mockingly mean?
- Mockingly means said, written, or done with the intent to mock, or ridicule; with mocking effect.
- What is mockingly in Malayalam?
- Mockingly in Malayalam is പരിഹാസപൂർവ്വം. See Mockingly meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is mockingly?
- Mockingly is an adverb.
Words near mockingly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mockingly (page history and authors); mockingly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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