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Caustically

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Adverb

1. caustically, vitriolically

in a caustic vitriolic manner

Example Sentences:
'he addressed her caustically'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Caustically

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adjective
1. 
capable of burning or corroding by chemical action
caustic soda
2. 
sarcastic; cutting
a caustic reply
3. 
of, relating to, or denoting light that is reflected or refracted by a curved surface
noun
4. Also called: caustic surface
a surface that envelops the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface
5. Also called: caustic curve
a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
6. chemistry
a caustic substance, esp an alkali

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Caustically

see synonyms of caustically
adjective
1. 
that can burn, eat away, or destroy tissue by chemical action; corrosive
2. 
cutting or sarcastic in utterance; biting
3. 
designating or of the curved radial surface, or a plane curve in this surface, formed by the reflection or refraction of rays from a curved solid surface
noun
4. 
any caustic substance, esp. caustic soda
5. 
a caustic surface or curve

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Caustically

see synonyms of caustically
adj.
1. Capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action.
2. Sarcastic or cutting; biting: "The caustic jokes ... deal with such diverse matters as political assassination, talk-show hosts, medical ethics" (Frank Rich).
3. Given to making caustic remarks: a caustic TV commentator.
n.
1. A caustic material or substance.
2. A hydroxide of a light metal.
3. The enveloping surface formed by light rays reflecting or refracting from a curved surface, especially one with spherical aberration.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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