poignantly

Meanings

• adverb

  Expressing or causing deep emotional feelings, especially sadness.

• adjective

  Able to provoke or evoke deep emotional feelings, especially sadness.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with poignantly
daintily , painfully , gainfully , vainly

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Variants

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poignant , poignantly

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Etymology

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From the Old French word 'poignant', meaning 'sharp' or 'painful'. The modern sense of 'poignant' comes from the idea of a sharp emotion that pierces the heart.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'poignantly' has been used in the titles of several works of literature, including 'Poignant Moments' by Kate Chopin and 'Poignant as a Dove' by Mary Wilkens Freeman.

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Related Concepts

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1. Emotion: Poignantly is related to the concept of emotions, particularly sadness and deep emotional feelings.

2. Pathos: Poignantly is related to the concept of pathos, which is an appeal to the emotions in art and literature.

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Quotes

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1. … this movie isn't a soft-pedaled, "poignant" tale of addiction and recovery—it's just about the addiction.

   - David Crowley,{it}Vibe{/it},June 2001

2. I've witnessed the "poignant" efforts of young whites striving to conform to the vague tenets of the mainstream, taking crushingly dull jobs, settling down with the least challenging of spouses …

   - Jake Lamar,{it}UTNE Reader{/it},May/June 1992

3. … a new and sharper and most "poignant" sense of loss for that broken musical instrument which had once been my leg.

   - Oliver Sacks,{it}A Leg to Stand On{/it},1984

4. In a "poignant" attempt to split the difference between the two camps, Justices Breyer and David Souter tried to prevent the Court from destroying itself.

   - Jeffrey Rosen,{it}New Republic{/it},25 Dec. 2000

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Culture

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Poignantly has been used extensively in literature to evoke deep emotions. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', the character Nick Carraway describes Gatsby's funeral as 'poignant and gloomy'. In music, the term is used to describe emotionally charged performances.

How to Memorize "poignantly"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a sharp emotional pain in your heart when you hear or use the word 'poignantly'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'poignantly' with deeply emotional experiences or situations.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'Pierces the heart, provokes deep emotion'.

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