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mordantly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɔːd(ə)ntli/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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. 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 9:

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