acrimoniouslyadv.
/ˌakrᵻˈməʊnɪəsli/, U.S. /ˌækrəˈmoʊniəsli/ In an acrimonious manner; with bitterness or severity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [adverb]
tartlyc1000
sour?a1513
sourlya1533
crabbedly1574
acridlya1750
acrimoniously1753
acerbly1793
tartishly1823
sourishly1846
acidulously1889
vinegarishly1890
1753 Ess. Celibacy p. i Politicians..acrimoniously dispute about the exigencies and measures of avoiding the one and preserving the other.
1789 ‘A. Pasquin’ Poems II. 183 Acrimoniously hasty her prejudice flows, Like a virgin whom Winter has chill'd with his snows.
1829 S. Turner Mod. Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. ii. xxvii. 173 Commencing and acrimoniously pursuing a personal and deadly warfare against the queen.
1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 114 They often differed, sometimes acrimoniously.
1919 M. Pedler Hermit of Far End (1920) xxxi. 283 The gossips..had so frequently partaken of Audrey's hospitality and then discussed her acrimoniously.
1992 J. Crace Arcadia ii. ii. 93 She fed herself on citrus, pectins, fructose. Her waters were as tart and acid as peat dew. Her milk was too. It passed through Victor acrimoniously.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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