单词 | tartly |
释义 | tartlyadv. In a tart manner; sharply; with acidity; usually figurative with asperity of tone. In quot. 1600, ‘with sourness of aspect’ (Johnson). 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 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [adverb] > snappishly snappishly1548 knappishly1549 snappingly1567 tartly1600 snappily1890 snippily1977 c1000 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses 81/3011 Acriter, teartlice. c1000 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses 122/4730 Acrius, teartlicor. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 3 How tartely that gentleman lookes, I neuer can see him but I am heart-burn'd an hower after. View more context for this quotation a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Worc. 169 One jeeringly saluted him, Good morrow, Bishop quondam, to whom Bonner as tartly returned, Good morrow, Knave semper. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 400 Johnson, offended,..answered tartly, ‘No, Sir; do you read books through?’ 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. 163 ‘You may as well wait till tea's finished’, exclaimed Judith tartly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1000 |
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