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mordantly

adverb

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Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːd(ə)ntli/

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English mordant Middle English -ly English -ly English mordantly From mordant + -ly.

  1. In a mordant manner; incisively, sharply.

    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.

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