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cattily
adverb
uk /ˈkæt.əl.i/ us /ˈkæt̬.ə.li/
in a way that is unkind because what you say is intended to hurt someone: （尤指言词）尖刻地，刻薄地，恶毒地
"I didn’t have to beg for my invitation," he commented cattily.“我不必乞求得到给我的邀请，”他狡猾地评论道。
The three teenagers whispered cattily behind their hands. 三个少年在恶毒地窃窃私语。
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You do not, as one reader cattily suggested, need to clean the tiles with a toothbrush.
They cattily disparaged the other teams.
He cattily accused his opponent of defensive tactics and relying on the mistakes of others to win matches.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
acerbic
acerbically
acerbity
acidly
anti-cruelty
cruel
cruelly
cruelty
cruelty to someone/something
cutthroat
meanness
mental cruelty
merciless
mercilessly
mordant
trenchant
trenchantly
uncharitable
uncharitably
unchristian
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