poignantly
5
7.0
- adverb
- /ˈpɔɪn.jənt.li/
:
conmovedoramente
- In speaking about current stressors, he poignantly described his lack of social support.
- most poignantly
- more poignantly
- poignantly described
And finally, perhaps more most poignantly, Mayor Eulene reminded us that sometimes citizenship isn't enough.
- And finally, perhaps more most poignantly, Mayor Eulene reminded us that sometimes citizenship isn't enough.
Examples
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A 76-year-old husband poignantly expressed his commitment to his wife as follows:
Academic text (2009) -
Love Medicine makes this point repeatedly, perhaps most poignantly in one of its final scenes.
Academic text (2016) -
The connection between the Spanish language and the sea plays out most poignantly in young people.
Academic text (2018) -
At no other time of year is absence from home considered more poignantly tragic than at Christmas.
Academic text (1990) -
And Professor Schaub notes poignantly that our students desperately want to know what it means to be Americans.
Academic text (2002) -
In truth, however, Caritas in veritate speaks poignantly to the contemporary situation in Africa.
Academic text (2010) -
One FMS interviewee poignantly described what had happened to her as the "death of a lifestyle."
Academic text (2004) -
Beecher made his farm available to Hill for flight testing and, more poignantly, for handicapped and terminally ill children.
Academic text (2004) -
But unlike almost everyone else, they are astonishingly articulate, learned, poignantly moving, and amused about their various predicaments.
Academic text (2000) -
The film addressed social issues poignantly, leaving many viewers in tears.
Synonyms
369
2.7
In a way that shows strong feelings
110
4.2
Very strongly in a way that changes people's feelings or thoughts
53
1.0
In an unhappy way because you feel upset
5
6.6
In a way that shows deep pain or longing
4
4.7
Makes people feel deep sadness or pity
4
4.7
In a sad way that shows grief
4
5.1
In a way that makes people feel pity and want to help
4
6.7
In a sad, soft way that sounds like crying
3
5.5
In a serious and sad way
3
5.1
In a way that makes people feel very sad
2
5.1
In a way that makes you feel sad or moved
2
6.4
Shows deep feeling and moves people
1
4.6
In a sad way that shows a person is sorry
1
6.7
In a way that shows strong feeling
1
7.0
In a way that brings strong images and memories to mind
1
7.1
In a sad way that makes people feel sorry
1
7.1
In a moving way that makes people feel sad or touched
In a way that makes people feel very sad
In a way that makes people feel very sad and cry
In a way that makes a strong emotional and lasting impression
To speak or write in a way that shows strong feelings
In a sad and thoughtful way
In a very sad way
Antonyms
How Moving
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Poignantly comes from the French poignant and the Latin pungere, which means 'to prick', and it once meant 'sharp' or 'piercing'. So, to feel something poignantly is to be 'pricked' by an emotion, deeply moved or saddened.