poignantly

English

Etymology

From poignant +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔɪnjəntli/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɪnəntli/, /ˈpɔɪɡnəntli/[1]

Adverb

poignantly (comparative more poignantly, superlative most poignantly)

  1. In a poignant manner.
    • 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[2]:
      So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.

References

  1. ^ Michaelis, Hermann; Jones, Daniel (1913), “'pɔinən|si, ['pɔignən-] -t, -tli”, in A Phonetic Dictionary of the English Language (Sammlung Phonetischer Wörterbücher; 2)‎[1], Hanover: Carl Meyer (Gustav Prior), →OCLC, page 336.
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