单词 | cynically |
释义 | cynicallyadv. In a cynical way; after the manner of a cynic. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [adverb] > cynically cynically1605 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adverb] > sneeringly cynically1605 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Vv4 Fraudes..& vices..handled..rather in a Satyre & Cinicaly, then seriously & wisely. View more context for this quotation 1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. II. iv. v. 162 Not Cynically vnsociable. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 82 I was..feeling..cynically disposed. 1856 W. M. Thackeray Christmas Bks. (1872) 43 Our street from the little nook..whence I and a fellow lodger..cynically observe it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adv.1605 |
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