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English
Etymology
From mocking + -ly.
Adverb
mockingly (comparative more mockingly, superlative most mockingly)
- Said, written, or done with the intent to mock, or ridicule; with mocking effect.
1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 291:I remember how mockingly bright the day seemed as I went back on my melancholy pilgrimage to the little house at Woking, how busy the streets and vivid the moving life about me.
Derived terms
Translations
done with the intent to mock