cynically
14
6.7
- adverb
- /ˈsɪnɪkli/
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cínicamente
- Do I use it rather cynically as an excuse to get out of doing work that's vicious.
- cynically manipulated
- cynically explained
- more cynically
She sees the angles and cynically pursues them.
- She sees the angles and cynically pursues them.
- Do I use it rather cynically as an excuse to get out of doing work that's vicious.
- And I think sometimes people cynically look at someone in APR role and they go, oh, your job is damage control.
- But he created this idealistic White House, cynically, sadly, it can't exist like that.
Examples
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After seeing the documentary about advertising, he started to view the industry more cynically.
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Programmers produced software that cynically applied time-tested formulas for creating successful popular music.
Academic text (2001) -
And it looks like he's being sort of cynically helped in some states by people actually working for the Trump campaign.
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And I think sometimes people cynically look at someone in APR role and they go, oh, your job is damage control.
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You could see this cynically as a cost-saving exercise.
Academic text (2010) -
What some cynically call "the vision thing" is in fact not unimportant at all.
Academic text (1994) -
Of course, Vladimir Putin cynically used that idea to justify his aggression on on Ukraine.
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At least one observer suggests that Leon Mba's government cynically allowed the situation to develop.
Academic text (1998) -
Mara chuckled cynically, but I could tell she was hurt.
Fiction book (2002) -
Either way, he's a liar who is cynically exploiting you to gain access to power.
Blog text (14)
Synonyms
43
3.8
In a way that shows you do not trust someone
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4.4
Showing doubt that something is true
In a way that shows you do not trust someone
Antonyms
How Cynical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cynically comes from the Greek kynikos, which means 'dog-like' and is the same root as cynic. Long ago, Cynic philosophers lived simply and often mocked people and social rules, so now to act cynically is to not trust people's words and to expect they act only for themselves.