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Definition of "poignantly" [poign•ant•ly]

  • In a poignant manner. (adverb)

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Use "poignantly" in a sentence
  • "Min poignantly captures the dilemma of second-generation Americans as they try to find a place in their universe, but she also tells of a quest for self-discovery, which is universal."
  • "There was even an undertone of softness that recalled poignantly the Eris she had known in the days before the War'the old Eris who now seemed almost as remote and as lost as if he were lying with all the others out there on the plain."
  • "The cathartic moment recalls the poignantly naïve flip-book coda of"
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