All 5 Uses
trenchant
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
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- His singing of that simple ballad, Martin, is the most trenchant rendering I ever heard in the whole course of my experience.†
Chpt 6 *
- —Trenchant, Mr Power said laughing.†
Chpt 6
- Most trenchant rendition of that ballad, upon my soul and honour It is.†
Chpt 11
- Trenchant exponent of Shakespeare.†
Chpt 15
- And at the same time with such apposite trenchancy.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1)
(trenchant) clear, strong, and sharply focused -- especially of criticism
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)