Cynically
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɪn.ɪk.(ə.)li/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Cynically is an adverb meaning in a cynical manner.
Meaning
in a cynical manner.
Example Sentences
With the typical moroseness of a dipping twitcher he turned to me, looking cynically at my spotlight, and said, `I don't like your chances, mate.'
It was not only the brilliant phalanx of virtuous dowagers, generals and academicians with whom he was most intimately associated that Swann so cynically compelled to serve him as panders.
And overseeing them all, like a raddled old good-ish fairy, is Bill Nighy, playing a superannuated rocker hoping to get a Christmas number one with his cynically repackaged version of Love Is All Around.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rudely, unscrupulously, ruthlessly, lightly, acerbically, hypocritically.
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