Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Retorting; turning backward; retrospective.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Containing retort.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Containing, or acting as, a
retort .
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Examples
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She closed her lips in retortive silence, and they walked some way till she glanced at him to see how he was taking it.
Jude the Obscure 1896
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She closed her lips in retortive silence, and they walked some way till she glanced at him to see how he was taking it.
Jude the Obscure 1894
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