Definition of Tartly

1. Adverb. In a tart manner. "`Never mind your immortal soul,' she said tartly"

Partainyms: Tart

Definition of Tartly

1. adv. In a tart manner; with acidity.

Definition of Tartly

1. Adverb. In a tart manner; sourly or bitterly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tartly

1. in a tart manner [adv]

Medical Definition of Tartly

1. In a tart manner; with acidity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tartly

tarted
tarter
tartest
tartier
tartiest
tartily
tartine
tartines
tartiness
tartinesses
tarting
tartish
tartlet
tartlets
tartly (current term)
tartness
tartnesses
tartralic
tartralic acid
tartramate
tartramates
tartramic
tartramic acid
tartramide
tartramides
tartrate
tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase
tartrated
tartrated antimony

Literary usage of Tartly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... and I thought I might to a spiritual votary to immortality venture to sav, that her mother must be very old ; she interrupted me tartly, and said, ' No, ..."

2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1850)
"... and I thought I might to a spiritual votary to immortality venture to say, that her mother must be very old j she interrupted me tartly, and said, ' No, ..."

3. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"... and I thought I might to a spiritual votary to immortality venture to say, that her mother must be very old ; she interrupted me tartly, and said, ' No, ..."

4. A Debate Between Rev. A. Campbell and Rev. N. L. Rice, on the Action by Alexander Campbell, Nathan Lewis Rice, Marcus Tullius Cicero Gould (1844)
"... after various efforts in his opening speech, to advance into the merits of the question, after the fourth appeal to his tartly watch, he sat down at the ..."

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