SARDONICALLY Definition & Meaning

sardonically

[ sahr-don-ik-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a way that is characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mockingly:
She laughed and sardonically sang him a love song as she prepared to walk out of his life.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sardonically¹

sardonic ( def ) + -ally ( def )

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In film after sardonically titled film, from “Bleak Moments” and “Naked” to “Happy-Go-Lucky,” his cranks suffer more than anyone because they’re stuck with a brain that simply won’t let them relax.

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The inquiry’s own lead counsel asked sardonically whether she was “the unluckiest CEO in history”.

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Recently, he wrote a piece for the American Conservative sardonically titled “An American’s Letter from the Hungarian Gulag.”

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He adds sardonically that the charges imply that “I’m conducting terror attacks while sitting in prison.”

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“After this song, the longer I listen to women talk about their lives, the more I’m like, ‘Wow, it just gets worse,’” Eilish laughed, sardonically.

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