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Etymology
Etymology tree English trenchant Middle English -ly English -ly English trenchantly From trenchant + -ly.
Meanings
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In a trenchant manner.
By hammering trenchantly on that point, Podson was induced to say sulkily, "Oh, all right, if you're so set on it...I never mentioned it. Hang it, I'm not likely to mention it to anybody, am I?"
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 88:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most trenchantly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more trenchantly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |