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acridly en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ɘkˈɹ̠ɪdli/ (US)
• /ˈæk.ɹɪdli/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English acrid Middle English -ly English -ly English acridly From acrid + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a harsh or corrosive manner.
   • 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 1921, Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Imogen”, in Collected Poems, lines 113–119:
   • A few steps behind them Miss Scovell, eyeing the mere walk of the lovers, whispered acridly to her companion, "Jest look at that—ain't they sickening?" 1926, Thomas Sigismund Stribling, Teeftallow:
   • "I presume you are a stranger in this neighborhood," she said in an acridly condoning tone of voice. (Can we date this quote?), Arthur Stringer, Twin tales: Are All Men Alike, and The Lost Titian:

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