mockingly

Adverb

Meaning

By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

scoffingly gibingly derisively derisorily jeeringly cynic bitingly ironically mocking sarcastically contemptuously sneer sneering disparagingly derisive
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Antonyms

kindly sincerely graciously sympathetically earnestly seriously
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Examples

`Sorry,' she repeated derisively Source: Internet

In an effort to mockingly prove his abilities to Superboy, Lex agrees to cure his sister's illness. Source: Internet

Once at the club, Dom mockingly advises her, Yuki unknowingly whisps past her, and she unexpectedly meets up with an old friend Komugiko. Source: Internet

Not all composers, however, reacted favourably: Claude Debussy 's piano piece " Golliwog's Cakewalk " mockingly quotes the opening of the opera in a distorted form, instructing the passage to be played 'avec une grande emotion'. Source: Internet

He asks to be made Ambassador to France, but Garfield mockingly refuses, prompting Guiteau to shoot him. Source: Internet

Jewish cemeteries were repeatedly desecrated, worshippers were abused while returning home from prayer, and masked men mockingly chanted "Hitler" in the streets. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mocking remark mocking thrush mockingbird mockingness mockingstock mockish