Usually means: Bitterly and sharply in tone.
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  1. acerbically: Merriam-Webster
  2. acerbically: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acerbically: Collins English Dictionary
  4. acerbically: Vocabulary.com
  5. acerbically: Wordnik
  6. acerbically: Wiktionary
  7. acerbically: Dictionary.com
  8. acerbically: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (acerbically)

▸ adverb:  sourly; bitterly
▸ adverb:  In a sarcastic or cynical manner.

Similar:
acidly, tartly, bitterly, sourly, sourishly, acerbly, overbitterly, embitteredly, acidulously, acrimoniously, more...

Opposite:
sweetly, kindly, gently, amiably

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Similar:
acidly, tartly, bitterly, sourly, sourishly, acerbly, overbitterly, embitteredly, acidulously, acrimoniously, more...

Opposite:
sweetly, kindly, gently, amiably



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