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POIGNANTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poignantly mean? 

POIGNANTLY (adverb)
  The adverb POIGNANTLY has 1 sense:

1. in a poignant or touching mannerplay

  Familiarity information: POIGNANTLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POIGNANTLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In a poignant or touching manner

Synonyms:

affectingly; poignantly; touchingly

Context example:

she spoke poignantly

Pertainym:

poignant (arousing affect)


 Context examples 


They often, I believe, suffered the pangs of hunger very poignantly, especially the two younger cottagers, for several times they placed food before the old man when they reserved none for themselves.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

One day I had come to my studies in lower spirits than usual; the ebb was occasioned by a poignantly felt disappointment.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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