Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a mordant manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the manner of a mordant.
Etymologies
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Examples
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McArdle's bit about "negro bank managers" is kind of mordantly funny in this light.
Crooked Timber Michael Bérubé 2010
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The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler - "devishly clever and mordantly funny".
Val McDermid's summer reading selections Maxine 2009
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That last idea, mordantly known as the Totalitarian Principle of physics, has important implications for theology.
Clay Farris Naff: If Infinity Is The Devil, What Is God? Clay Farris Naff 2011
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We had a lot in common, including a sense of values, a sense of humor, the same mordantly cynical view of life, a love for the same books, movies, music, TV shows Unfortunately, none of that was anywhere near enough.
Erica Manfred: What The Hell Happened to Your Marriage? Erica Manfred 2011
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That last idea, mordantly known as the Totalitarian Principle of physics, has important implications for theology.
Clay Farris Naff: If Infinity Is The Devil, What Is God? Clay Farris Naff 2011
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The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler - "devishly clever and mordantly funny".
June 2009 Maxine 2009
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The result is a new spin on a very old story and a mordantly satiric portrait of greed, callousness and blind ambition.
"Full Dark, No Stars," four novellas by horror writer Stephen King Bill Sheehan 2010
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The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler - "devishly clever and mordantly funny".
Books Maxine 2009
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The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler - "devishly clever and mordantly funny".
PETRONA Maxine 2009
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The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler - "devishly clever and mordantly funny".
Val McDermid's summer reading selections Maxine 2009
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