tartly

1. 1.

   in a tart manner

   “`Never mind your immortal soul,' she said tartly”

Questions about tartly

What does tartly mean?

tartly means "in a tart manner".

How many syllables are in tartly?

tartly has 2 syllables: tart-ly. The stress falls on "tart". In IPA it is /ˈtɑɹtli/.

Is tartly a common word?

tartly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.