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# mockingly

«mockingly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a way that teases or makes fun of someone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Mockingly means in a way that teases or makes fun of someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mockingly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a character who laughs at or jeers at another in a tale, often a villain

### examples

- “You will never win,” she said mockingly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mockingly/#x1)
- The crow called mockingly from the branch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mockingly/#x2)
- He bowed mockingly to the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mockingly/#x3)
- The boys laughed mockingly at the lost puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mockingly/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mockingly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mockingly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.