caustically

comparative more caustically · superlative most caustically

1. In a caustic manner.

   Polk caustically called the Western Addition, site of many of the newest Victorians, “an architectural nightmare conceived in a reign of terror and produced by artistic anarchists.”

   2021 March 19, Gary Kamiya, “One of San Francisco’s strangest buildings was a mash-up masterpiece”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2026

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   As conformist and inarticulate as the other man vying for Lelaina's affections — her roommate Troy (Ethan Hawke), who slackerishly fronts a grunge band — is caustically rebellious, Michael can at least help her career.

   1994 February 24, Bob Strauss, “'Reality Bites' shows Generation X struggling in today's job market”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 116, number 55, St. Louis, M.O.: Pulitzer, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3G, column 1