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waspishly
adverb
uk /ˈwɒs.pɪʃ.li/ us /ˈwɑːs.pɪʃ.li/
in a way that is angry or unpleasant, often using sharp, slightly cruel remarks:
"I think it's a good first effort," Maria said waspishly when I showed her the story I'd been working on for weeks.
He turned waspishly on his daughter and said: "Don't just stand there!"
The review waspishly described the retrospective exhibit as "a trip, or more like a stumble, down memory lane".
The writer's waspishly bitter tone makes readers look forward to his weekly columns.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
acerbic
acerbically
acerbity
acidly
anti-cruelty
cold-heartedly
cruel
cruelly
cruelty
cruelty to someone/something
meanly
meanness
mental cruelty
merciless
mercilessly
trenchancy
trenchant
trenchantly
uncharitable
uncharitably
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