acridly
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ɘkˈɹ̠ɪdli/ / /ˈæk.ɹɪdli/
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English acrid Middle English -ly English -ly English acridly From acrid + -ly.
- In a harsh or corrosive manner.
“"I presume you are a stranger in this neighborhood," she said in an acridly condoning tone of voice.”
“There were no dreams, No phantoms in her future any more: One clinching revelation of what was One by-flash of irrevocable chance, Had acridly but honestly foretold The mystical fulfilment of a life That might have once … But that was all gone by”