sardonically

1. 1.

   in a sarcastic manner

   “`Ah, now we're getting at the truth,' he interposed sarcastically”

   Synonymssarcastically

Questions about sardonically

What does sardonically mean?

sardonically means "in a sarcastic manner".

How many syllables are in sardonically?

sardonically has 5 syllables: sar-do-ni-cal-ly. The stress falls on "do". In IPA it is /sɑɹˈdɑnɪkəli/.

What is another word for sardonically?

Close synonyms include sarcastically. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sardonically a common word?

sardonically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.