Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like caustic; in the manner of caustic.
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Examples
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[89] This observation confirms what Sir U. Price so pointedly enforces throughout the whole of his causticly sportive letter to Mr. Repton:
On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions Samuel Felton
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“A girl must have proved very troublesome to his peace of mind in his early life,” my guru answered causticly.
Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935
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"A girl must have proved very troublesome to his peace of mind in his early life," my guru answered causticly.
Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922
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"But these Molletts ain't got the money to pay the shot," said Mrs. O'Dwyer, causticly.
Castle Richmond Anthony Trollope 1848
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Either way, these two tracks are causticly delicious with vocals that sound desperate in their brevity.
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“But these Molletts ain’t got the money to pay the shot,” said Mrs. O’Dwyer, causticly.
Castle Richmond 2004
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