Definition of "pungently" []

• In a pungent manner. (adverb)

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• "I once described Rózsa's music as "user-friendly Bartók," and that's not a bad way to sum up this masterly piece, whose musical language recalls the pungently folk-like modal coloration of Bartók but has an astringent romanticism all its own."
• "Or we might wax cynically about thrusting pungently prurient satire onto intellectual lesbian stereotypes of lesbians."
• "Muscular, sinuous vocal lines with unexpected twists interact pungently with the spare and deft orchestrations."