From the article "Kent said he was not writing sardonically" Sardonic https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sardonic https://www.merriam-webster.com/dic

From the article "Kent said he was not writing sardonically" Sardonic https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sardonic https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sardonic "disdainfully or skeptically humorous"