In a catty or spiteful manner; with malice or sharp-tongued criticism.
From 'catty' (adjective, meaning malicious) with the adverbial suffix '-ly,' creating an adverb describing how someone acts or speaks with spite.
You can say someone laughed 'cattily' or spoke 'cattily'—the adverb form lets us describe the exact tone of cattiness in action!
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