Meanings
comparative more sarcastically · superlative most sarcastically
- In a sarcastic manner.
`Sprung!' cried Jeff Basin, the local dubbo. 'Oh, der,' moaned Boardie sarcastically.
1979, Gabrielle Carey, Kathy Lette, Puberty Blues, page 462 more examples
Another pointed out the hypocrisy in the original argument, sarcastically noting, "Amazing how all of these 'free-thinking alpha males' reach the same conclusions on everything."
2024 September 2, Ellsworth Toohey, “Musk boosts 4chan claim that women are incapable of critical thinking”, in Boing BoingFigures from both groups – rightwing activist Charlie Kirk and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – boastfully shared these images on X, with the latter sarcastically thanking South Park for helping them in their recruiting efforts. (The show responded on X by asking DHS “Wait, so we ARE relevant? #eatabagofdicks”.)
2025 August 7, Zach Vasquez, “From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin a sarcastic manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*twerḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*túrḱs /*twérḱs
- Proto-Hellenic*súrks /*swə́rks
- Ancient Greekσᾰ́ρξ (sắrx)
- Ancient Greekσᾰρκᾰ́ζω (sărkắzō)
- Ancient Greekσαρκασμός (sarkasmós)
- Late Latinsarcasmus
- Englishsarcasm
- Late Latinsarcasmu
- Frenchsarcasme
- Frenchsarcastique
- Englishsarcastic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishsarcastically
From sarcastic + -ally.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic ساخرًا
- ساخرًاin a sarcastic manner
Catalan sarcàsticament
- sarcàsticamentin a sarcastic manner
Chinese Mandarin 讽刺地
- 讽刺地in a sarcastic manner
Dutch sarcastisch
- sarcastischin a sarcastic manner
Esperanto sarkasme
- sarkasmein a sarcastic manner
Estonian sarkastiliselt
- sarkastiliseltin a sarcastic manner
Finnish sarkastisesti
- sarkastisestiin a sarcastic manner
French sarcastiquement
- sarcastiquementin a sarcastic manner
German sarkastisch
- sarkastischin a sarcastic manner
Hungarian gúnyosan
- gúnyosanin a sarcastic manner
Italian sarcasticamente
- sarcasticamentein a sarcastic manner
Polish sarkastycznie
- sarkastyczniein a sarcastic manner
Portuguese sarcasticamente
- sarcasticamentein a sarcastic manner
Romanian sarcastic
- sarcasticin a sarcastic manner
Russian саркасти́чески
- саркасти́чески (sarkastíčeski)in a sarcastic manner
Spanish sarcásticamente
- sarcásticamentein a sarcastic manner
Swedish sarkastiskt
- sarkastisktin a sarcastic manner
Ukrainian саркасти́чно
- саркасти́чно (sarkastýčno)in a sarcastic manner
Cite this entry
sarcastically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sarcastically
“sarcastically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sarcastically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sarcastically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sarcastically.
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