Adjective : trenchant wit. ,a trenchant policy of political reform. From Dictionary.com.
Isabel saw them come with a good deal of assiduity to her aunts hotel, and judged them with a trenchancy which is doubtless to be accounted for by the temporary exaltation of her sense of human duty. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XX] Reference
Holz states with great clearness and trenchancy what he calls his 'new principle of lyric'; one which. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Developments in European Thought] Reference
His generosity in reading this entire manuscript was characteristic; so was the trenchancy and penetration of his comments. From Wordnik.com. [Warranted Christian Belief] Reference
The holiday really is for all Americans, though I suppose a sourpuss leftist might, with boring trenchancy, be able to interject it isn't such a fine day for Native Americans. From Wordnik.com. ['Let All Your Thinks Be Thanks'] Reference
Pianist Lambert Orkis, violinist Nurit Bar-Josef and cellist David Hardy dug into the score with robust tone and obvious affection, turning on a dime from trenchancy to delicate wisps of sound. From Wordnik.com. [Kennedy Center Chamber Players' take on Previn, Haydn, Schumman] Reference
We hope that the quality of its writing, the trenchancy of its insights, and the depth and thoughtfulness of its reporting will inspire many of our online readers to join the Atlantic family by becoming print subscribers. From Wordnik.com. [Full Content of Atlantic Monthly Site Now Free to All « ResourceShelf] Reference
And at the same time with such apposite trenchancy. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
But to say this with crude trenchancy, teaches us nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2)] Reference
The result is airy nonsense that fervently insists on its trenchancy. From Wordnik.com. [FP Passport] Reference
However, she scarcely expressed her disapproval aloud with her usual trenchancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Coryston Family A Novel] Reference
Presently after, he developed his views on home politics with similar trenchancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrecker] Reference
This natural trenchancy gets freer play, of course, in the talk than in the writings. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Johnson and His Circle] Reference
Mrs. Carlyle was a sharp-edged woman too, and hurt her own life by her bitter trenchancy. From Wordnik.com. [Joyous Gard] Reference
Still, trenchancy whether in speaker or writer is a most effective tone for a large public. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Miscellanies, Volume I (of 3) Essay 4: Macaulay] Reference
One pleasure in the rereading of Marx is to savor the trenchancy and aptness of his literary allusions. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Such was the trenchancy and temper of his weapons that much of what he advanced has stood the test of time. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of the Reformation] Reference
The trenchancy with which his atheist urges his reasoning, proves that the writer was fully alive to its force. From Wordnik.com. [Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2)] Reference
No zeal, no faith, no intellectual trenchancy, but as much low-minded geniality and trivial complaisance as you please. From Wordnik.com. [On Compromise] Reference
But the ardour of the disciple pressed objections home with a trenchancy that is very unlike the sage distillations of the master. From Wordnik.com. [Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2)] Reference
And even if he could, one little thing that happened to me could never happen to him, or not with the same trenchancy of contrast. From Wordnik.com. [Across the Plains: With Other Memories and Essays] Reference
The scherzo may not go like a train, but its very trenchancy builds up a fine head of steam, the trio bringing a temperate contrast. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
Mrs. Elsmere was old enough to know what importance to attach to the trenchancy of eighteen, but still the words were pleasant to her. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Elsmere] Reference
Then, almost immediately, she began to chatter to Margaret French about the sights of the lagoon, with her natural trenchancy and fun. From Wordnik.com. [The Marriage of William Ashe] Reference
Parliament to sit at Reform banquets; two unswerving party men, blest subscribers to the right Review, and personally proud of its trenchancy. From Wordnik.com. [Beauchamp's Career — Complete] Reference
Throughout these exchanges, Mr Cable conducted himself with an irate trenchancy which seemed designed to show that he is determined to carry on. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Even today, the trenchancy of Wotton/Wilde's sallies against some very powerful targets takes the breath away: the upper classes, of course, the critical fraternity. From Wordnik.com. [Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Behind these there may be kindliness, charity, and all the milder gifts of virtue; but what is apparent is a sort of energetic, manly trenchancy which forces admiration rather than awakens sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome] Reference
Isabel saw them arrive with a good deal of assiduity at her aunt's hotel, and pronounced on them with a trenchancy doubtless to be accounted for by the temporary exaltation of her sense of human duty. From Wordnik.com. [The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1] Reference
Most of them were copiously annotated, and his annotations were, as a rule, characterised by a refreshing trenchancy, -- in the case of some, as of Gibbon, tempered with respect; in the case of others, as of. From Wordnik.com. [Principal Cairns] Reference
Tories of that day benignly: -- when his champion Review of the orange and blue livery waved a wondrous sharp knife, and stuck and bled them, proving to his party, by trenchancy alone, that the Whig was the cause of Providence. From Wordnik.com. [Beauchamp's Career — Complete] Reference
Englishman; he had a very feminine side to his character, and though he was saved from sentimentality by his extreme trenchancy, and by his irritable temper, yet his whole temperament is beautiful, winning, attractive, rather than salient and picturesque. From Wordnik.com. [Where No Fear Was] Reference
A narrow escape from a duello (an institution he reprobates with the utmost trenchancy in this book) at Ghent in 1749 with a. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
They’re not always commenting favourably, but there’s none of the trenchancy you associate with political activist opponents. From Wordnik.com. [The strange case of the perfectly normal people] Reference
Ultimately, wouldn’t you rather be remembered for the beauty of your writing, the poignancy of your plot, the trenchancy of your analysis, the depth of your character development…. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » 2010 » August] Reference
Isabel saw them arrive with a good deal of assiduity at her aunt’s hotel, and pronounced on them with a trenchancy doubtless to be accounted for by the temporary exaltation of her sense of human duty. From Wordnik.com. [The Portrait of a Lady] Reference
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