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mordantly

adv
/ˈmɔːd(ə)ntli/UK

Etymology

From mordant + -ly.

  1. derived from mordeō
  2. derived from mordant
  3. suffixed as mordantly — “mordant + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a mordant manner

    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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