acidly

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid Middle English -ly English -ly English acidly From acid + -ly.

1. sourly; tartly

   “Perchance, when you are speculating why he is so acidly disposed some morning, he is but meditating upon that other half-hour which he wanted in bed, to bring his wits and his good-temper about him.”

   “Flay involuntarily propels his gawky body forwards as he hears that his Lordship wants him, but he pulls himself up at the end of his first long step towards the door, and peers even more suspiciously and acidly at the youth in his immaculate black cloth.”