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tartly

adv

Etymology

From tart + -ly.

  1. derived from *der-✻ — “to flay, split, cleave”
  2. derived from *teraną✻
  3. inherited from *tartaz✻ — “rough, sharp, tearing”
  4. inherited from *tart✻
  5. inherited from teart
  6. inherited from tart
  7. formed as tartly — “tart + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a tart manner

    In a tart manner; sourly or bitterly.

    • 'And have you nothing for me, duckie?' 'O, you! The back of my hand to you!' said Mrs Kernan tartly.
    • The next day, the deputy chancellor, Robert Habeck, a Green, said tartly, “I’m pleased that France is thinking about how to increase its support for Ukraine, but if I could give it a word of advice — supply more weapons.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA