cynically

Example Sentences

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Cynically regarded, it’s all Little Monster fan service all the time.

From Slate • May 29, 2020

Cynically, Lloyd George – now prime minister – managed to split the Sinn Féin delegation by bamboozling some of them into signing this deal.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2018

Cynically, I also wonder if some of the pressure to avoid the restrictions comes from food manufacturers.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2016

Cynically, perhaps they would for an executive, a moneymaker, or a person in a position of great power, but I’d like to think they wouldn’t.

From The Verge • Dec. 3, 2015

Cynically mirthful or irreverently indifferent, yet never did her master's strength forsake him, never did his heart lose its undauntedness.

From The Mississippi Bubble by Hough, Emerson