All 3 Uses of
retort
in
Arrowsmith
- Gottlieb retorted with spirit and indiscretion.†
Chpt 12 *retorted = quickly replied
- I'd expected there'd be such larky retorts and electric furnaces and everything but, honestly, I don't see a single thing that's interesting, and I do think all you clever people ought to do SOMETHING for us, now that you've coaxed us all the way down here.†
Chpt 27retorts = replies quickly
- His confrere, Stokes, retorted that perhaps it couldn't be plague, but it damn' well WAS plague.†
Chpt 31retorted = quickly replied
Definition:
a quick reply to a question or remark -- especially a witty or critical one