CYNICALLY

cynically

(adverb) with cynicism; in a cynical manner; “Larsen’s frost-blackened lips curved cynically”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adverb

cynically (comparative more cynically, superlative most cynically)

in a cynical manner

Source: Wiktionary

Cyn"ic*al*ly (sn"-kal-l), adv.

Definition: In a cynical manner.

CYNICAL

Cyn"ic (sn"k), Cyn"ic*al (--kal), a. Etym: [L. cynicus of the sect of Cynics, fr. Gr. Hound.]

1. Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; currish. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson.

2. Pertaining to the Dog Star; as, the cynic, or Sothic, year; cynic cycle.

3. Belonging to the sect of philosophers called cynics; having the qualities of a cynic; pertaining to, or resembling, the doctrines of the cynics.

4. Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or self-indulgence; as, a cynical man who scoffs at pretensions of integrity; characterized by such opinions; as, cynical views of human nature.

Note: In prose, cynical is used rather than cynic, in the senses 1 and 4. Cynic spasm (Med.), a convulsive contraction of the muscles of one side of the face, producing a sort of grin, suggesting certain movements in the upper lip of a dog.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition