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Definition of Trenchancy
1. Noun. Keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect.
Exact synonyms: Incisiveness
Generic synonyms: Effectiveness, Effectivity, Effectuality, Effectualness
Derivative terms: Incisive, Trenchant, Trenchant
Generic synonyms: Effectiveness, Effectivity, Effectuality, Effectualness
Derivative terms: Incisive, Trenchant, Trenchant
Definition of Trenchancy
1. Noun. the quality of being trenchant ¹
2. Noun. irony or bitterness of tone ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trenchancy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trenchancy
Literary usage of Trenchancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fortnightly Review (1875)
"... blest subscribers to the right Review, and personally proud of its trenchancy.
... by trenchancy alone, that the Whig was the cause of Providence. ..."
2. My Inner Life: Being a Chapter in Personal Evolution and Autobiography by John Beattie Crozier (1898)
"But what charmed me still more in these discourses was the clearness, trenchancy,
and brilliance of their style, and I can still remember the admiring ..."
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