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sarcastically en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /sɑː(ɹ)ˈkæstɪkli/
• /sɑː(ɹ)ˈkæstɪkəli/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *túrḱs /*twérḱs Proto-Hellenic *súrks /*swə́rks Ancient Greek σᾰ́ρξ (sắrx) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ζω (-ắzō) Ancient Greek σᾰρκᾰ́ζω (sărkắzō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós)der. Late Latin sarcasmus English sarcasm Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -αστής (-astḗs)der. Latin -astabor. English -ast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -astic ▲ Late Latin sarcasmusbor. French sarcasme French sarcastiqueder. English sarcastic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English sarcastically From sarcastic + -ally.

Meanings

1. In a sarcastic manner.
   • Another pointed out the hypocrisy in the original argument, sarcastically noting, "Amazing how all of these 'free-thinking alpha males' reach the same conclusions on everything." 2024 September 2, Ellsworth Toohey, “Musk boosts 4chan claim that women are incapable of critical thinking”, in Boing Boing:
   • `Sprung!' cried Jeff Basin, the local dubbo. 'Oh, der,' moaned Boardie sarcastically. 1979, Gabrielle Carey, Kathy Lette, Puberty Blues, page 46:
   • Figures from both groups – rightwing activist Charlie Kirk and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – boastfully shared these images on X, with the latter sarcastically thanking South Park for helping them in their recruiting efforts. (The show responded on X by asking DHS “Wait, so we ARE relevant? #eatabagofdicks”.) 2025 August 7, Zach Vasquez, “From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

nonsarcastically

Synonyms

snarkily · sarkily

Translations (20)

ru саркасти́чески (in a sarcastic manner) · hu gúnyosan (in a sarcastic manner) · pl sarkastycznie (in a sarcastic manner) · es sarcásticamente (in a sarcastic manner) · it sarcasticamente (in a sarcastic manner) · nl sarcastisch (in a sarcastic manner) · pt sarcasticamente (in a sarcastic manner) · ro sarcastic (in a sarcastic manner) · de sarkastisch (in a sarcastic manner) · ca sarcàsticament (in a sarcastic manner) · fi sarkastisesti (in a sarcastic manner) · cmn 讽刺地 (in a sarcastic manner) · eo sarkasme (in a sarcastic manner) · be саркасты́чна (in a sarcastic manner) · gl sarcasticamente (in a sarcastic manner) · ar ساخرًا (in a sarcastic manner) · uk саркасти́чно (in a sarcastic manner) · sv sarkastiskt (in a sarcastic manner) · fr sarcastiquement (in a sarcastic manner) · et sarkastiliselt (in a sarcastic manner)