sardonically

[sahr-don-ik-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that is characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mockingly.

   She laughed and sardonically sang him a love song as she prepared to walk out of his life.

Other Word Forms

• unsardonically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of sardonically¹

sardonic ( def. ) + -ally ( def. )

Example Sentences

In film after sardonically titled film, from “Bleak Moments” and “Naked” to “Happy-Go-Lucky,” his cranks suffer more than anyone because they’re stuck with a brain that simply won’t let them relax.

From Los Angeles Times

The inquiry’s own lead counsel asked sardonically whether she was “the unluckiest CEO in history”.

From BBC

Recently, he wrote a piece for the American Conservative sardonically titled “An American’s Letter from the Hungarian Gulag.”

From Salon

He adds sardonically that the charges imply that “I’m conducting terror attacks while sitting in prison.”

From Seattle Times

“After this song, the longer I listen to women talk about their lives, the more I’m like, ‘Wow, it just gets worse,’” Eilish laughed, sardonically.

From Los Angeles Times