Sardonically

Synonyms for "sardonically" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Adverb(2 words)

Strong matches (1)

Related words (3)

Adverb(2 words)
Adverb(1 words)

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Translations

5 translations across 5 languages.

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Catalan

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  • sardònicament adv (in a sardonic manner)

Italian

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  • sardonicamente adv (in a sardonic manner)

Polish

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  • sardonicznie adv (in a sardonic manner)

Portuguese

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  • sardonicamente adv (in a sardonic manner)

Spanish

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  • sardónicamente adv (in a sardonic manner)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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"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."

Source: tatoeba (6303788)

Holmes glanced at me and raised his eyebrows sardonically.

Source: tatoeba (6303821)

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.

Source: wiktionary

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