cynically

== English == === Etymology === From cynical + -ly. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ɪk.(ə.)li/ === Adverb === cynically (comparative more cynically, superlative most cynically) in a cynical manner. 1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 190: It was not only the brilliant phalanx of virtuous dowagers, generals and academicians with whom he was most intimately associated that Swann so cynically compelled to serve him as panders. ==== Translations ====