mockingly

Variant of mock

mock definition

mock (mäk)

transitive verb

  1. to hold up to scorn or contempt; ridicule
  2. to imitate or mimic, as in fun or derision; burlesque
  3. to lead on and disappoint; deceive
  4. to defy and make futile; defeat the fortress mocked the invaders

Etymology: ME mokken < OFr mocquer, to mock

intransitive verb

to show or express scorn, ridicule, or contempt; jeer: often with at

noun

  1. an act of mocking; jibe; sneer
  2. a person or thing receiving or deserving ridicule or derision
  3. an imitation or counterfeit

adjective

  1. sham; false; imitation; pretended a mock battle
  2. of or designating a food that imitates another mock mincemeat

adverb

in a false or insincere manner mock-sympathetic words

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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