Definition of "sardonically" [sardonically]

• In a sardonic manner; cynically; mockingly; scornfully; sarcastically. (adverb)

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• "They developed what they themselves called sardonically “the German look”, ever craning upwards into the sky, watchful for fighter-bombers."
• "Once Galen would have used that phrase sardonically, but he had been a member of the team too long not to have learned that-comic-book terminology notwithstanding'the enhanced senses of some of the SCU members were both accurate and often surprisingly prescient."
• "Before he had ridden very far up the bluff, he stopped, looked down at the long-suffering cattle, and smiled again sardonically."