trenchantly

trench·ant

T0339000 (trĕn′chənt)adj.1. Forceful and clear; penetrating: a trenchant argument.2. Caustic; cutting: a trenchant wit.3. Distinct; clear-cut: "The times were felt to require ... trenchant distinctions between good and bad, right and wrong" (David Simpson).

---

[Middle English, from Old French, cutting, from present participle of trenchier, to cut; see trench.]

---

trench′an·cy n.trench′ant·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

trenchantly - in a vigorous and effective manner; "he defended his client's civil rights trenchantly"

Translations