cynically

Example Sentences

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Cynically, she wondered if the dismissal was more about protecting the clinic’s success rates than anything else.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2025

Cynically, Lloyd George – now prime minister – managed to split the Sinn Féin delegation by bamboozling some of them into signing this deal.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2018

Cynically, I also wonder if some of the pressure to avoid the restrictions comes from food manufacturers.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2016

Cynically, perhaps they would for an executive, a moneymaker, or a person in a position of great power, but I’d like to think they wouldn’t.

From The Verge • Dec. 3, 2015

Cynically assured, therefore, at bottom, of his own power with this ebullient nature, the Squire was quite prepared to make external concessions, or, as we have said, to pay his price.

From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.