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sardonically

sardonically adverb: in a sardonic manner.

Adverb

sardonically (comparative more sardonically, superlative most sardonically)

  1. In a sardonic manner.
    • Her floppy hat came down to the tip of her nose, revealing only a long chin and a wide tight mouth, twitched up at the corners by a nervous contraction of her cheek muscles, which gave her an unexpected air of smiling sardonically in the recesses of her hat.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 93

Synonyms of sardonically

Forms of sardonically

comparativemore sardonically
superlativemost sardonically

Origin of sardonically

From sardonic + -ally.

Questions about sardonically

What does sardonically mean?
Sardonically means in a sardonic manner.
What part of speech is sardonically?
Sardonically is an adverb.

Words near sardonically in the dictionary

  1. sardoin
  2. sardoins
  3. Sardonian
  4. sardonic
  5. sardonical
  6. sardonically
  7. sardonicism
  8. sardonicisms
  9. sardonicity
  10. sardonyx
  11. sardonyxes

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