poignantly

1. 1.

   in a poignant or touching manner

   “she spoke poignantly”

   Synonymsaffectinglytouchingly

Questions about poignantly

What does poignantly mean?

poignantly means "in a poignant or touching manner".

How many syllables are in poignantly?

poignantly has 3 syllables: poig-nant-ly. The stress falls on "poig". In IPA it is /ˈpɔɪnjəntli/.

What is another word for poignantly?

Close synonyms include affectingly, touchingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is poignantly a common word?

poignantly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.