satyricallyadv.
/səˈtɪrᵻkli/, U.S. /səˈtɪrək(ə)li/ rare.
In the manner of, or so as to resemble, a satyr.In quot. 1860 with punning allusion to satirically adv.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adverb] > in the manner of a satyr
satyrically1887
1860 Vanity Fair 24 Mar. 203/2 A Peoria critic thinks Mr. Hawthorne's ‘Faun’ should be reviewed Satyrically.]
1887 A. C. Swinburne Let. 14 Aug. (1962) V. 209 Recognizing the folly and falsehood of the cry that ‘Pan is dead’..over which premature cry the old wood-god chuckles satyrically.
1912 Outing Feb. 590/2 He snarled again, one corner of his mouth slanting upward satyrically.
1991 S. R. Donaldson Gap into Vision v. 75 ‘Maybe I was too tired to think straight last time,’ he went on, grinning satyrically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1887- to go the limit
- to go the messages
- to go the odd man
- to go the pace
- to go the right way to work
- to go the round
- to go the rounds
- to go the route
- to go the second mile
- to go the vole
- to go the way of all flesh
- to go the way of all living
- to go the way of all the earth
- to go the way of all the living
- to go the way of all the world
- to go the whole animal
- to go the whole coon
- to go the whole figure
- to go the whole hog
- to go the whole shoot
- to go the wrong end before
- to go the wrong way
- to go the wrong way to work
- to go there
- to go thin