Best used in casual or informal situations, might be rude in formal contexts.

Informal Context

Shows that the speaker doesn't respect the person or thing being mocked.

Conveys Disrespect

Implies that the speaker feels superior to the object of their mockery.

Shows Superiority

 And a Soviet delegate at the U.N. mockingly suggested that the U.S. should receive foreign aid for developing nations. Fortunately, the Army had been working on their own parallel project, The Explorer,

Mockingly