D'une manière vive et un peu désagréable.
In a sharp and slightly unkind way.
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See how the word “d'un ton acerbe” is used in sentences
Elle a répondu d'un ton acerbe. — She replied tartly.
D'un ton acerbe, il a demandé qui avait déplacé sa chaise. — Tartly, he asked who had moved his chair.
A-t-elle vraiment répondu au client d'un ton aussi acerbe ? — Did she really answer the customer that tartly?
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