parodicallyadv.
/pəˈrɒdᵻkli/, U.S. /pəˈrɑdək(ə)li/ In a parodic style; after the manner of a parody.
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1886 H. H. Henson Jrnl. 25 May in Retrospect (1942) I. i. 13 I am convinced that this easy-going, popular, life-enjoying Christianity is a bald and impudent falsehood, not even parodically resembling the truth.
1958 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 48 20 It was used in the relevant sense parodically by Naevius in a comedy.
1993 Guardian 17 Dec. ii. 2/2 It was almost parodically hierarchical, top-heavy with controllers rather than producers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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