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cynically

adverb

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Pronunciation: /ˈsɪn.ɪk.(ə.)li/

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English cynical Middle English -ly English -ly English cynically From cynical + -ly.

  1. in a cynical manner.

    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.