English

Adverb

mordantly ‎(comparative more mordantly, superlative most mordantly)

1. In a mordant manner; incisively, sharply. [from 19th c.]
   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 9:

     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.