tartarly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tartarly (comparative more tartarly, superlative most tartarly)
- (obsolete) fearsome and aggressive
- 1871 May, “Kate Beaumont”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 27, page 576:
- "Of course you and your father will do what is proper," she said, putting on that air of sulphuric-acid sweetness which so many tartarly people have at command, and which profits them so little.