caustically

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Byrne’s star turn as an ambitious, tortured, caustically funny aerobics instructor on the 2021-23 Apple TV series “Physical” might be considered a precursor to her Oscar-nominated role.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

But he is also so paranoid, deluded and consumed with self-loathing that throughout this caustically witty novel we can’t help but root for him every step of the way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

“We reject the proposition,” the majority wrote caustically, “that a class-action defendant may defeat class treatment, if it is otherwise proper, by promising as a matter of grace to treat named plaintiffs differently.”

From Slate • May 16, 2025

Over the next three series, Atkinson played the scheming, cruel, caustically funny Blackadder opposite Sir Tony Robinson's naïve, uneducated Baldrick.

From BBC • May 11, 2023

Lanning laughed, not very loudly and the psychologist smiled caustically.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov