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CYNICALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cynically mean?
• CYNICALLY (adverb)
The adverb CYNICALLY has 1 sense:
1. with cynicism; in a cynical manner
Familiarity information: CYNICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With cynicism; in a cynical manner
Context example:
Larsen's frost-blackened lips curved cynically
Pertainym:
cynical (believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others)
Context examples
"Holding down the receiver," said Daisy cynically.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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