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[ adverb ] with pungency; in a pungent manner

Examples

"he wrote pungently about his contemporaries"

Used in print

(Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)

Some of the letters were pungently expressive .

Related terms

barbed barbed

2
[ adverb ] with a pungent taste or smell

Examples

"the soup was pungently flavored"

Related terms

pungent pungent

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