cynically
- a word derived from cynical.
Example Sentences
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Tortora is a simple entertainer with a successful show who suddenly becomes the victim of a cynically dystopian system and Kafkaesque nightmare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Sometimes, as “Back to the Future” cynically implies, it backslides or gets stuck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
Instead, Kirk is cynically manipulating his male audience.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2025
The chance is also there for an investment business to profit, even cynically, from that desire.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2025
One newspaper editor had sagely, if cynically, observed that “the usual custom is for the capital of new empires to be selected by the whim or caprice of a despot.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
