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Meaning of sardonically in English:

sardonically

Pronunciation /sɑːˈdɒnɪk(ə)li/

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adverb

See sardonic

‘‘Yes, it's too eclectic, that's the problem,’ he says sardonically.’
  • ‘It is moments like these that make the audience chuckle sardonically at these ignorant concepts, hitting home the realization of the tragic consequences that resulted from them.’
  • ‘Here he imagines a New Yorker sardonically addressing his weekend hostess.’
  • ‘Singled out for attention, she frets about what she calls, sardonically, ‘positive discrimination’.’
  • ‘As one critic sardonically put it, their dollar salaries rise in inverse proportion to the obscurity of their work.’