Pungently

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a pungent manner.
Adverb
  1. 1
    with a pungent taste or smell wordnet
  2. 2
    with pungency; in a pungent manner wordnet

Synonyms

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firmlyforcefullyheartilyintenselyloudlylustily

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"He pungently derided attempts made, by pseudoscientists of the obsolete school, to popularize among mistaken but serious secularists the science of yesterday and the destructive criticism of the day before that."

Etymology

From pungent + -ly.

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