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adverbmordantly (comparative more mordantly, superlative most mordantly)
comparative more mordantly · superlative most mordantly
- In a mordant manner; incisively, sharply.First known use 19th c.
Salman Rushdie, commenting on my book God Is Not Great, remarked rather mordantly that the chief problem with its title was a lack of economy: that it was in other words exactly one word too long.
2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 9
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mordantly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mordantly
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“mordantly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mordantly. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mordantly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mordantly.
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