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caustically

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caus·tic  (kôstk)
adj.
1. Capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action.
2. Corrosive and bitingly trenchant; cutting. See Synonyms at sarcastic.
3. Causing a burning or stinging sensation, as from intense emotion: "Most of all, there is caustic shame for my own stupidity" (Scott Turow).
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.

[Middle English caustik, from Latin causticus, from Greek kaustikos, from kaustos, from kaiein, kau-, to burn.]

causti·cal·ly adv.
caus·tici·ty (kô-sts-t) n.
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Adv.1.caustically - in a caustic vitriolic manner; "he addressed her caustically"
Translations
caustically [ˈkɔːstɪkli] adv [say, remark, observe] → de façon caustique
caustic soda nsoude f caustique
caustically
adv say, remarkbissig; his new book is caustically funnysein neues Buch ist auf bissige Art lustig
caustically [ˈkɔːstɪklɪ] advcausticamente
caustically [ˈkɔːstɪklɪ] advcausticamente


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] has caustically observed that he 'withdraws from the turmoil of the real universe into the fortress of his own mind, and beats the enemy in toy battles with toy soldiers.
It was not his soul, it was his mere phantom he had left behind on this earth--thought Razumov, smiling caustically to himself while he crossed the room, utterly forgetful of where he was and of Councillor Mikulin's existence.
 
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