cynically

cynically
[[t]sɪ̱nɪkli[/t]]
ADV-GRADED: usu ADV before v (disapproval)
If you say that someone is cynically doing something, you mean they are doing it to benefit themselves and they do not care that they are deceiving, harming, or using people.
→ See also cynical

The people who publish this magazine are cynically using sex as a circulation ploy...

I firmly believe our strategy is being deliberately, cynically manipulated.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • cynically — adv. sarcastically, pessimistically, scornfully, suspiciously …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cynically — cyn·i·cal·ly …   English syllables

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