mordantlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːdntli/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrdn(t)li/

Forms: 1800s mordently, 1800s– mordantly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mordant adj., -ly suffix², mordant n.

Etymology: In sense 1 < mordant adj. + -ly suffix². In sense 2 < mordant n. + -ly suffix².

1. In a mordant manner; with acerbity; sharply, incisively.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] > mordantly

nippingly1542

cuttingly1611

mordaciously1657

pungently1658

mordantly1836

stingingly1873

1836 New Monthly Mag. Feb. 205 To lay to her heart more mordently the serpents of jealousy and despair.

1917 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 27 149 Mordantly ironical, pitilessly just, indifferent to all save truth.

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Mar. 172/1 The whole ‘Method’ school about which so much pedantic and often absurd controversy has raged are dealt with mordantly.

1972 Daily Tel. 6 July 7/1 Overpriced, mordantly funny, and reeking with allegory.

1988 N.Y. Times 5 June iv. 2/4 In Brussels, a community official..observed mordantly that ‘in the U.K. all French dogs are assumed to be rabid’.

†2. In the manner of a mordant. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Mordantly,..in the manner of a mordant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mordantly
释义	mordantlyadv. Brit. /ˈmɔːdntli/, U.S. /ˈmɔrdn(t)li/ Forms: 1800s mordently, 1800s– mordantly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mordant adj., -ly suffix², mordant n. Etymology: In sense 1 < mordant adj. + -ly suffix². In sense 2 < mordant n. + -ly suffix². 1. In a mordant manner; with acerbity; sharply, incisively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] > mordantly nippingly1542 cuttingly1611 mordaciously1657 pungently1658 mordantly1836 stingingly1873 1836 New Monthly Mag. Feb. 205 To lay to her heart more mordently the serpents of jealousy and despair. 1917 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 27 149 Mordantly ironical, pitilessly just, indifferent to all save truth. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Mar. 172/1 The whole ‘Method’ school about which so much pedantic and often absurd controversy has raged are dealt with mordantly. 1972 Daily Tel. 6 July 7/1 Overpriced, mordantly funny, and reeking with allegory. 1988 N.Y. Times 5 June iv. 2/4 In Brussels, a community official..observed mordantly that ‘in the U.K. all French dogs are assumed to be rabid’. †2. In the manner of a mordant. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Mordantly,..in the manner of a mordant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1836
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