MOCKINGLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mockingly mean? 

• MOCKINGLY (adverb)
  The adverb MOCKINGLY has 2 senses:

1. in a disrespectful jeering manner

2. in a disrespectful and mocking manner

  Familiarity information: MOCKINGLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOCKINGLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a disrespectful jeering manner

Synonyms:

gibingly; jeeringly; mockingly

Pertainym:

mocking (abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a disrespectful and mocking manner

Synonyms:

derisively; derisorily; mockingly; scoffingly

Context example:

'Sorry,' she repeated derisively

Pertainym:

mocking (abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule)

 Context examples 

Aha! she cried mockingly, you would fetch your dearest, but the beautiful bird sits no longer singing in the nest; the cat has got it, and will scratch out your eyes as well.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

"I warned you not to get excited." She laughed mockingly, and went about washing the dishes.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Once, and unwitting that he did so or that I saw, he laughed aloud, mockingly and defiantly, at the advancing storm.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

With a great effort she recovered herself and went on:—Then he spoke to me mockingly, 'And so you, like the others, would play your brains against mine. You would help these men to hunt me and frustrate me in my designs!'

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

When Hansel and Gretel came into her neighbourhood, she laughed with malice, and said mockingly: “I have them, they shall not escape me again!”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)