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mockingly
Variant of mock
transitive verb
- to hold up to scorn or contempt; ridicule
- to imitate or mimic, as in fun or derision; burlesque
- to lead on and disappoint; deceive
- to defy and make futile; defeat: the fortress mocked the invaders
intransitive verb
to show or express scorn, ridicule, or contempt; jeer: often with at
noun
- an act of mocking; jibe; sneer
- a person or thing receiving or deserving ridicule or derision
- an imitation or counterfeit
adjective
- sham; false; imitation; pretended: a mock battle
- of or designating a food that imitates another: mock mincemeat
adverb
in a false or insincere manner: mock-sympathetic words
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