acidly

• a word derived from acid.
  acid

  noun

  a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.

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acidly

But he added, acidly: “there was little about melancholia that he didn’t know; there was little else that he did.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

One minister said acidly of Rishi Sunak: "His competence masks his incompetence."

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024

At one point, Posobiec, in response to a clarification of the book's setting, shouted acidly, "Gee, thanks, Mr. Spicer."

From Salon ● May 6, 2023

Fantastical life forms, born of ancient folklore, roam the frames of director Dash Shaw’s acidly wondrous animated feature “Cryptozoo.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

To himself John Isidore thought acidly, And it’s gone away for me, too, without my having to emigrate.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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