acridly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English acrid

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English acridly

From acrid + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɘkˈɹ̠ɪdli/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.ɹɪdli/

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Adverb

acridly (comparative more acridly, superlative most acridly)

1. In a harsh or corrosive manner.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Arthur Stringer, Twin tales: Are All Men Alike, and The Lost Titian:

     "I presume you are a stranger in this neighborhood," she said in an acridly condoning tone of voice.

   • 1921, Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Imogen”, in Collected Poems‎^[1], lines 113–119:

     There were no dreams,
     No phantoms in her future any more:
     One clinching revelation of what was
     One by-flash of irrevocable chance,
     Had acridly but honestly foretold
     The mystical fulfilment of a life
     That might have once … But that was all gone by

   • 1926, Thomas Sigismund Stribling, Teeftallow:

     A few steps behind them Miss Scovell, eyeing the mere walk of the lovers, whispered acridly to her companion, "Jest look at that—ain't they sickening?"

Anagrams

• acridyl