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# tartly

«tartly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a sharp way, with a little unkind edge, as when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

In a sharp way, with a little unkind edge, as when someone is annoyed and speaks briefly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tartly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a character speaks tartly when cross or impatient, with a sharp little remark

### examples

- «You are late again,» she said tartly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tartly/#x1)
- He answered tartly that the dog was not his fault. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tartly/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tartly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tartly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.