Sardonically
adv
adv ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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."
Adverb
- 1 in a sarcastic manner wordnet
Example
More examples""Have you read Gaboriau's works?" I asked. "Does Lecoq come up to your idea of a detective?" Sherlock Holmes sniffed sardonically. "Lecoq was a miserable bungler," he said, in an angry voice; "he had only one thing to recommend him, and that was his energy. That book made me positively ill.""
Etymology
From sardonic + -ally.
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