Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a tart manner; sharply.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a tart manner; with acidity.
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- adverb In a
tart manner;sourly orbitterly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a tart manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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"You're in love with yourself," tartly, "and with having your own way.
Mistress Anne Temple Bailey 1906
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"Of course democracy is preferable in theory," Mr Tawfic explains tartly to the Times, "but interference and bribes began affecting the committees."
No political gain in Iraqi football – so leave the players well alone Marina Hyde 2010
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You can see it all coming, of course, and "Potiche" would be easy to dismiss if it weren't so tartly funny at times and if Mr. Ozon weren't up to mischief.
Deneuve, Tart Humor Elevate 'Potiche' John Anderson 2011
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Dumbfounded, I responded tartly, “Well, that suits me, because as you well know I make a most suitable mistress.”
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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“That,” she said tartly as the family got back into their car, “is not what I want my fourteen-year-old exposed to.”
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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“Maybe on whatever planet you come from,” she said tartly a moment later.
The Boundaries of Temptation (2/5) amberfocus 2009
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Arnold Kling tartly observes, So, if 250 students go to freshman economics lectures, Harvard gets $25,000 an h ...
Where Does the Money Go?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Dumbfounded, I responded tartly, “Well, that suits me, because as you well know I make a most suitable mistress.”
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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(Southerners love to make much of the supposed fact it is always bad weather in the North and always good in the South) ‘Le ciel francais en tatin’ was how the report was tartly (forgive the pun!) headed-an allusion to a famous French dessert, the Tarte Tatin, which is an upside-down apple tart (and utterly delicious, I might add!).
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"It's what one would expect of a religious man writing about the wild," she said tartly, "but not what one would want."
Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Alexi Zentner's 'Trapline' Narrative Magazine 2010
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