poignantly

poignant | American Dictionary

poignant
adjective
us/ˈpɔɪn·jənt/
causing a feeling of sadness:
The monument is a poignant reminder of those who died in the war.

poignantly

adverbus/ˈpɔɪn·jənt·li/

Examples of poignant

poignant
It is remarkably poignant, sombre yet comforting, evocative of distant associations, yet not too explicit.
The morphology of the village became a medium for the realization of another of the period's most poignant and generative concepts, the open form.
Instances of undeserved pain and suffering provide us with our most poignant examples.
The understated nature of the coda, especially the pianissimo passage starting in bar 108, enhances one's experience of the narrative as poignant, troubled and unresolved.
He gives a poignant and moving account of their last years together and the profound sadness following his loss.
The resonances of the questions are particularly purposeful, moral, heartfelt, and poignant.
Their article, which includes highly poignant and well-observed case studies, demonstrates the seriousness of the problems encountered.
His fieldnotes and letters back home were always filled with poignant observations, good wit, and honest introspection.
This short, poignant film seems to resonate perfectly with the mood and flow of the music.
For an immersion teacher education setting, this is particularly poignant.
This is a very personal book, a poignant book, a compelling book, from beginning to end.
The use of the narrative extracts of their research participants is particularly poignant in marking these distinctions, as well as underpinning debates.
The women's stories are at once poignant and remarkable.
Both parts illuminate and inform each other, making this work a more readable and more poignant study than most books on this subject.
Often absent from academic debates has been the poignant expression of political actors themselves.
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