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trenchantly

trenchantly adverb: in a trenchant manner.

Adverb

trenchantly (comparative more trenchantly, superlative most trenchantly)

  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?"1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 88

Forms of trenchantly

comparativemore trenchantly
superlativemost trenchantly

Origin of trenchantly

From trenchant + -ly.

Questions about trenchantly

What does trenchantly mean?
Trenchantly means in a trenchant manner.
What part of speech is trenchantly?
Trenchantly is an adverb.

Words near trenchantly in the dictionary

  1. trench-plows
  2. trenchancies
  3. trenchancy
  4. trenchand
  5. trenchant
  6. trenchantly
  7. trenchantness
  8. Trenchard
  9. Trenchardian
  10. trenchcoat
  11. trenchcoated

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