Pungently

  • 81pungent — pun|gent [ˈpʌndʒənt] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of pungere to prick, sting ] 1.) having a strong taste or smell pungent smell/aroma/odour etc ▪ the pungent odour of garlic 2.) formal pungent speech or writing is… …

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  • 82keenly — keen·ly || kɪːnlɪ adv. sharply; pungently; perceptively, astutely; strongly, intensely; eagerly, enthusiastically …

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  • 83piquantly — pɪːkÉ™ntlɪ adv. pungently, spicily, with a sharp flavor; interestingly, fascinatingly …

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  • 84poignantly — pɔɪnjÉ™ntlɪ adv. pungently, with sharp wittedness, keenly; sharply, pointedly, incisively …

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  • 85pear drop — noun a pear shaped boiled sweet with a pungently sweet flavour …

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  • 86pungent — adjective 1》 having a sharply strong taste or smell. 2》 (of remarks or humour) sharp and caustic. Derivatives pungency noun pungently adverb Origin C16 (in the sense very painful ): from L. pungent , pungere prick …

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  • 87spicily — ad. Pungently, wittily …

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  • 88pungent — adjective 1 a pungent taste or smell is strong and sharp: the pungent aroma of garlic 2 pungent remarks or writing criticize something in a very direct and clever way: a few typically pungent remarks from Senator Moynihan pungently adverb… …

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  • 89fragrance — fragrance, perfume, incense, redolence, bouquet are comparable when denoting a sweet or pleasant odor. Fragrance usually suggests the odor diffused by flowers or other growing things, though it is applicable to odors that merely suggest the… …

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  • 90acutely — adv 1. sharply, intensely, piercingly, excruciatingly; poignantly, distressfully, painfully, pi quantly, pungently. 2. severely, critically, crucially; profoundly, vitally, gravely, drastically, seriously, deeply. 3. keenly, incisively,… …

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