| 单词 | pungently |
| 释义 | pungently (once / 59394 pages) adv If your favorite uncle has a sharp, sarcastic sense of humor, you can describe him as joking pungently. Use the adverb pungently when a person speaks sharply, complains bitterly, or laughs scathingly. A movie critic might review a film pungently, for example, mocking its terrible acting and describing its ridiculous plot in biting terms. Pungently comes from pungent, originally "sharp or poignant," which is rooted in the Latin verb pungere "to prick, pierce, or sting." WORD FAMILYpungent: pungency, pungently+/pungency: pungencies USAGE EXAMPLESBut he found greater success, and a singular niche, as a singer of his plain-spoken, pungently observant songs, beginning in the early ’60s. New York Times(Nov 15, 2016) Though Mr. Karchin’s restless score is pungently contemporary, the opera over all takes a traditional approach to music drama. New York Times(Oct 21, 2016) The janitorial closet smelled pungently of bleach and cleaning solvents. Carl Hiaasen, Hoot(2002) 1adv with a pungent taste or smell the soup was pungently flavored 2adv with pungency; in a pungent manner he wrote pungently about his contemporaries |
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