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Definition of Poignantly
1. Adverb. In a poignant or touching manner. "She spoke poignantly"
Definition of Poignantly
1. adv. In a poignant manner.
Definition of Poignantly
1. Adverb. In a poignant manner. ¹
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Definition of Poignantly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poignantly
Literary usage of Poignantly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trespasser by David Herbert Lawrence (1912)
"leaving him poignantly helpless. This same foreignness, revealed in other ways,
sometimes made him hate her. It was as if she would sacrifice him rather ..."
2. Liberty's Triumph: A Poem by Robert Wharton Landis (1849)
"... Rhode Island is aho taken possession of by the enemy, and soon after General
Lee is captured, whose loss is poignantly felt by the Americans. ..."
3. Mrs. Stephens' New Monthly by Ann Sophia Stephens (1856)
"Your sou, I am sure, must be suffering poignantly." "My son, be hanged! ...
It is I, suffering poignantly—I, that am heartbroken, overwhelmed, desolated, ..."
4. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1921)
"is poignantly stated. Still more poignantly, it fails, by the smallest chance,
of being resolved; but it is a chance on which rests fundamental 'human ..."
5. Poetry and Prose: Being Essays on Modern English Poetry by Adolphus Alfred Jack (1912)
"Or more poignantly :— ' My heart is sair—I dare na tell, My heart is sair for
... More poignantly still:— ' O wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, ..."
6. On the Gorilla Trail by Mary Hastings Bradley (1922)
"It made me remember poignantly that the large gun was at the Mission. ...
I remembered it again, even more poignantly when a tiny sound held us motionless. ..."
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