acerbē adv.with comp.and sup.
acerbus, bitterly .—Only fig., act., harshly, severely, cruelly, sharply, inimically : diripere bona: cogi in senatum: acerbius in alqm invehi: acerbissime dicere, Cs.— Pass, painfully, grievously, with sorrow : acerbe ferebam, si, etc.: tuli acerbe me adduci, etc.: acerbius inopiam ferre, too severely , Cs.