pungently
(adverb) with a pungent taste or smell; “the soup was pungently flavored”
pungently
(adverb) with pungency; in a pungent manner; “he wrote pungently about his contemporaries”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pungently (comparative more pungently, superlative most pungently)
In a pungent manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Pun"gent*ly, adv.
Definition: In a pungent manner; sharply.
Pun"gent, a. Etym: [L. pungens, -entis, p. pr. of pungere, punctum, to prick. Cf. Compunction, Expunge, Poignant, Point, n., Puncheon, Punctilio, Punt, v. t.]
1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice. Pungent radish biting infant's tongue. Shenstone. The pungent grains of titillating dust. Pope.
2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging. With pungent pains on every side. Swift. His pungent pen played its part in rousing the nation. J. R. Green.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
Syn.
– Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen; acrimonious; biting; stinging.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
