Definitions

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  • adverb Sourly; tartly.

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  • adverb sourly; tartly

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Examples

  • And she remembers saying acidly to her husband as they gazed at her newborn younger son, "Here you are, my darling, I've made another soldier for the IDF."

    Mother tries to stay ahead of grief in David Grossman's "To the End of the Land" Donna Rifkind 2010

  • And she remembers saying acidly to her husband as they gazed at her newborn younger son, "Here you are, my darling, I've made another soldier for the IDF."

    Mother tries to stay ahead of grief in David Grossman's "To the End of the Land" Donna Rifkind 2010

  • On Hannity's popular afternoon drive-time show, the Tea Party-inspired Senate contender acidly criticized the party, specifically the National Republican Senatorial Committee, for not funneling any serious cash (beyond a pro forma $43,000) into her race against Democrat Chris Coons.

    Christine O'Donnell Tells GOPers: 'I've Got Sean Hannity In My Back Pocket' Howard Fineman 2010

  • A critic acidly likened Butterfield's reputation to "an inverted cone, his wide-ranging prestige balanced on a tiny platform of achievement."

    The Great Dissenter William Anthony Hay 2011

  • In a recent article on the doomed future of French studies, Forsdick acidly remarked that in the past French departments had usually been staffed by French nationals and that their "persistent Francophilia often tended to obstruct the distance of ethnographic objectivity on which modern languages should ideally be based".

    French is too important to be left to middle-class Francophiles | Andrew Hussey 2011

  • On Hannity's popular afternoon drive-time show, the Tea Party-inspired Senate contender acidly criticized the party, specifically the National Republican Senatorial Committee, for not funneling any serious cash (beyond a pro forma $43,000) into her race against Democrat Chris Coons.

    Christine O'Donnell Tells GOPers: 'I've Got Sean Hannity In My Back Pocket' The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • “There are children who are working in textile businesses in Asia who would be prostitutes on the streets if they did not have these jobs,” he remarked acidly.2 The professional politicians were careful to be more respectful.

    Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011

  • Told that Germany's second-choice keeper was watching an international friendly match from high up in the stands, Schumacher remarked acidly, "He should remember that even when sitting on the loftiest Himalayan peak, a dwarf is still a dwarf."

    Note to England's rugby players: embrace Der Aggro | Harry Pearson 2011

  • As Mulgrew and Mason acidly suggest, why doesn't Elliott try to walk in the shoes of Dziekanski's mother, Zofia Cisowski, instead?

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • At a recent gathering to discuss the crisis that threatens to unravel the euro, one former member of the European parliament observed acidly: They ought to give this year's Charlemagne prize for services to European unity to the bond markets.

    Eurozone crisis: European Union prepares for the 'great leap forward' 2011

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