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Mockingly

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Adverb
  1. 1
    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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a disrespectful and mocking manner wordnet
  2. 2
    in a disrespectful jeering manner wordnet

Etymology

From mocking + -ly.

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