adv
Meaning 1
In a sarcastic manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sarcastically
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/sɑː(ɹ)ˈkæstɪkli/
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/sɑː(ɹ)ˈkæstɪkəli/
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adverb
Meaning 2
in a sarcastic manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `Ah, now we're getting at the truth,' he interposed sarcastically
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sardonically
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek σᾰρκᾰ́ζω (sărkắzō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós)der. Late Latin sarcasmus English sarcasm Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -αστής (-astḗs)der. Latin -astabor. English -ast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -astic ▲ Late Latin sarcasmusbor. French sarcasme French sarcastiqueder. English sarcastic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English sarcastically From sarcastic + -ally.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: ساخرًا — in a sarcastic manner
- Belarusian: саркасты́чна (sarkastýčna) — in a sarcastic manner
- Catalan: sarcàsticament — in a sarcastic manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 讽刺地 — in a sarcastic manner
- Dutch: sarcastisch — in a sarcastic manner
- Esperanto: sarkasme — in a sarcastic manner
- Estonian: sarkastiliselt — in a sarcastic manner
- Finnish: sarkastisesti — in a sarcastic manner
- French: sarcastiquement — in a sarcastic manner
- Galician: sarcasticamente — in a sarcastic manner
- German: sarkastisch — in a sarcastic manner
- Hungarian: gúnyosan — in a sarcastic manner
- Italian: sarcasticamente — in a sarcastic manner
- Polish: sarkastycznie — in a sarcastic manner
- Portuguese: sarcasticamente — in a sarcastic manner
- Romanian: sarcastic — in a sarcastic manner
- Russian: саркасти́чески (sarkastíčeski) — in a sarcastic manner
- Spanish: sarcásticamente — in a sarcastic manner
- Swedish: sarkastiskt — in a sarcastic manner
- Ukrainian: саркасти́чно (sarkastýčno) — in a sarcastic manner