cynically en · ADV
Pronunciation
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- /ˈsɪn.ɪk.(ə.)li/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English cynical Middle English -ly English -ly English cynically From cynical + -ly.
Meanings
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In a cynical manner.
With the typical moroseness of a dipping twitcher he turned to me, looking cynically at my spotlight, and said, `I don't like your chances, mate.'
2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 217: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.
1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 190And 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.
2003 November 21, Peter Bradshaw, “Love Actually”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2026:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more cynically | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most cynically | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (14)
pl cynicznie (in a cynical manner) · it cinicamente (in a cynical manner) · hu cinikusan (in a cynical manner) · uk цині́чно (in a cynical manner) · cs cynicky (in a cynical manner) · el κυνικά (in a cynical manner) · pt cinicamente (in a cynical manner) · ca cínicament (in a cynical manner) · es cínicamente (in a cynical manner) · be цыні́чна (in a cynical manner) · fr cyniquement (in a cynical manner) · gl cinicamente (in a cynical manner) · fi kyynisesti (in a cynical manner) · ru цини́чно (in a cynical manner)