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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a trenchant manner; cuttingly; sharply; keenly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely.

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  • adverb In a trenchant manner.

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  • adverb in a vigorous and effective manner

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Examples

  • Their depiction of medical science in a death-race with determinism maps the British puritan-versus-pagan spiritual dichotomy more trenchantly and joyfully than any film ever made.

    The Best of the Rest Greater New York Staff 2010

  • I am, in fact, somewhat startled that the Saloon would so readily concede to the assumptions of the "book-buying world," the very assumptions it normally dissects quite trenchantly, but that it appears to accept in this post.

    Writing and Publishing 2010

  • Dr. Plummer gently but trenchantly made the point to us that Henry simply was not well enough to benefit from therapy because he was too distracted and tormented by his hallucinations.

    Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

  • But he is also prone to make sudden surrealistic swerves and delve more explicitly and trenchantly than his contemporaries into divisive political issues and existential quandaries: a debate on the Patriot Act, for example, in a kangaroo court rigged by rogue Homeland Security types ( "The Dark Streets"); or a theological discussion amid a swirl of violence ( "The Devils of Bakersfield)."

    Review of "On the Nickel," a mystery by John Shannon Art Taylor 2010

  • Dr. Plummer gently but trenchantly made the point to us that Henry simply was not well enough to benefit from therapy because he was too distracted and tormented by his hallucinations.

    Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

  • This is the logical fallacy of reification, and the last century of psychological science is filled with unfortunate examples, as Stephen J. Gould trenchantly observed in The Mismeasure of Man.

    Threats to school reform ... are within school reform Valerie Strauss 2010

  • Such is the assessment of Misha Glenny, a British compatriot and colleague of mine who distinguished himself internationally with some powerful reporting on the Balkan wars, and since then has been trenchantly exposing the workings of global organized crime.

    David Tereshchuk: Cyber Threats -- and Remedies -- Get Overdue Airing David Tereshchuk 2012

  • Always outspoken, he spoke trenchantly in the 1970s against attempts to modernise the Anglican liturgy.

    Hugh Muir's Diary 2011

  • Such is the assessment of Misha Glenny, a British compatriot and colleague of mine who distinguished himself internationally with some powerful reporting on the Balkan wars, and since then has been trenchantly exposing the workings of global organized crime.

    David Tereshchuk: Cyber Threats -- and Remedies -- Get Overdue Airing David Tereshchuk 2012

  • But he is also prone to make sudden surrealistic swerves and delve more explicitly and trenchantly than his contemporaries into divisive political issues and existential quandaries: a debate on the Patriot Act, for example, in a kangaroo court rigged by rogue Homeland Security types ( "The Dark Streets"); or a theological discussion amid a swirl of violence ( "The Devils of Bakersfield)."

    Review of "On the Nickel," a mystery by John Shannon Art Taylor 2010

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