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jarringly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English jarring Middle English -ly English -ly English jarringly From jarring + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a jarring manner.
   • But Mr. Kleinzahler, 55, noted both for poems that jarringly marry the high and the low and for keeping his distance from the New York illuminati, has found himself late in his career in a rather awkward spot: the cusp of respectability in the cliquish world of poetry. 2005 February 8, Timothy Williams, “In Addition to His Pugnacity and Charm, He Can Write Poetry”, in The New York Times:

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