mordantly
English
Etymology
From mordant + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːd(ə)ntli/
Adverb
mordantly (comparative more mordantly, superlative most mordantly)
- In a mordant manner; incisively, sharply. [from 19th c.]
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 9:
- Salman Rushdie, commenting on my book God Is Not Great, remarked rather mordantly that the chief problem with its title was a lack of economy: that it was in other words exactly one word too long.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 9:
Anagrams
- dormantly