Word Study
mockingly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial mockingly has 2 senses
- mockingly(r = adv.all) gibingly, jeeringly - in a disrespectful jeering manner; Array
- mockingly(r = adv.all) derisively, derisorily, scoffingly - in a disrespectful and mocking manner; "`Sorry,' she repeated derisively"
CIDE DICTIONARY
mockingly, adv.
By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner. [1913 Webster]
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