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cynically /ˈsɪnɪk(ə)li /adverb1In a distrustful way that expresses a belief that people are motivated purely by self-interest: many cynically dismiss the way of peace as naive and impossible...- One man cynically sums up his seemingly magical ability to recruit women for his stable: "Any woman can be turned. It is all business."
- At its best, the show cuts into many forms of televised image manipulation, cynically riffing on every news scandal of the past decade.
- After Diomedes leaves, Cressida speaks in dismay of her own inconstancy, while, unseen, Thersites comments cynically on the whole interview.
1.1In a way that expresses doubt as to whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile: the public has cynically disregarded the good news...- The more cynically minded would say that an Italian contemporary music scene simply doesn't exist.
- He cynically points out the signs posted that demand cleanliness, and offers to show us the room where spoiled meats go to be "doctored."
- It has been cynically noted that writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
2In a way that is concerned only with one’s own interests and disregards accepted standards in order to achieve them: he was accused of cynically exploiting a terrible tragedy...- By using surveillance, the regime cynically granted my father's friend a sort of closeted freedom.
- The teen horror film and the teen comedy are both about as shallow and cynically complacent as film genres can be.
- The director has never made a movie cynically, i.e. just for the tie-ins.
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