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mockingly

adverb C2
  1. Said, written, or done with the intent to mock, or ridicule; with mocking effect.
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Escaping, the Fly said mockingly, “You who have wished to revenge, even with death, the Prick of a tiny insect, see what you have done to yourself to add insult to injury?” The Bald Man replied, “I can easily make peace with myself, because I know there was no intention to hurt.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 99 · B2

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