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sadistically

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Bardem, as always, understands the assignment, and his Jose, sadistically, instinctively autocratic, earns a place among the actor’s gallery of evil, alongside Anton Chigurh of “No Country for Old Men” and Raoul Silva of “Skyfall.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

All 39 sadistically satirical episodes are now available on 12 DVD discs to appreciate the Roy clan, owners of the New York City-based global media conglomerate Waystar Royco.

From Washington Times • Dec. 1, 2023

"Innocent, moments before the great corruption," Miss Havisham intones, smiling sadistically a few beats later as she adds, "So, a common boy and a proud pretty girl. I want to watch you play."

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2023

This guy is either not talking about his arrangement with his girlfriend because he doesn’t want to explicitly own up to cheating, or he’s in an open arrangment and sadistically withholding that information from you.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2020

He smiled—rather sadistically, Trigger felt—and added, "Till they've lived through one of them, that is."

From Legacy by Schmitz, James H.