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Stewart considered himself not a close friend of Kennedy, but a quote, "friendly acquaintance" -- and Stewart observed what we might call journalistic niceties more acidulously than Joe did.

Taking on the World: Joseph and Stewart Alsop -- Guardians of the American Century 1996

"At least, you need not expect me to help you," Helen said acidulously.

Hidden Gold Wilder Anthony

Guardy acidulously counseled his beloved Esmé not to be every species of

The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

"Any man that's soft-headed enough to have a gander followin 'him round everywhere he goes ought to have a guardeen appointed," suggested Mr. Tate, acidulously, after he had recovered his dog and had cuffed his ears.

The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900

They are "universally described as both the most wise and the most virtuous part of the community which" ” Mill adds acidulously ” "is not the Aristocratical [class]" (Mill 1992,

James Mill Ball, Terence 2005