If someone refers to a woman or girl as a tart, they are criticizing her because they think she is sexually immoral or dresses in a way that makes her look sexually immoral.
‘It’s easy for him to say that,’ she observed tartly to Michael, ‘but can he prove it?’“他说得倒容易,”她尖刻地对迈克说,“但是他能证明吗?”She finished by tartly pointing out that he owed her some money.她最后刻薄地指出他欠她一些钱。
英英词典释义
Adverb
1. in a tart manner;
"`Never mind your immortal soul,' she said tartly"