Trenchantly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a trenchant manner.

    "By hammering trenchantly on that point, Podson was induced to say sulkily, "Oh, all right, if you're so set on it...I never mentioned it. Hang it, I'm not likely to mention it to anybody, am I?""

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a vigorous and effective manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"By hammering trenchantly on that point, Podson was induced to say sulkily, "Oh, all right, if you're so set on it...I never mentioned it. Hang it, I'm not likely to mention it to anybody, am I?""

Etymology

From trenchant + -ly.

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