All 7 Uses of
retort
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- —She died, Stephen retorted, sixty-seven years after she was born.†
Chpt 9 *retorted = quickly replied
- —Find out, miss Douce retorted, leaving her spyingpoint.†
Chpt 11
- She was about to retort but something checked the words on her tongue.†
Chpt 13retort = quickly reply
- In the question of the grazing lands his peevish asperity is notorious and in Mr Cuffe's hearing brought upon him from an indignant rancher a scathing retort couched in terms as straightforward as they were bucolic.†
Chpt 14
- A hoarse virago retorts.†
Chpt 15retorts = replies quickly
- —The Irish, for choice, retorted the cabby like Campbell, facial blemishes apart.†
Chpt 16retorted = quickly replied
- —You suspect, Stephen retorted with a sort of a half laugh, that I may be important because I belong to the faubourg Saint Patrice called Ireland for short.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
a quick reply to a question or remark -- especially a witty or critical one