acerbity
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It brings together judgment and gentleness, reason and passion, acerbity and receptivity.
From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2018
By now Dimon is nearly iconic in his acerbity and general spikiness.
From Slate • Jul. 17, 2017
And yet another worried about the prospect of a boycott of their companies’ products depending on the acerbity of their words.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2017
He lamented that there were “so many anecdotes” about Jobs’s acerbity: “His intention, and motivation, wasn’t to be hurtful.”
From The New Yorker • Feb. 16, 2015
And, in a fourth, a selfish acerbity, which exacts the most unreasonable services, and never cheers a clerk with a word of encouragement.—These are sad infirmities.
From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.
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