sarkiness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sarky +‎ -ness.

Noun[edit]

sarkiness (uncountable)

  1. (UK, informal) the quality of being sarky (sarcastic).
    • 2005 February 11, Peter Bradshaw, “The Magic Roundabout”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      But the adult joke or insight about drugs in The Magic Roundabout, seriously meant or not, only works if it is kept separate from the action itself. Putting it explicitly in the script is ham-fisted and breaks the butterfly of imagination on the wheel of obtuse sarkiness.
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