The Only Use of
trenchant
in
The Chrysalids
- Though the inspector had no such convenient pulpit for reply, certain trenchant remarks of his on persecution, contempt of authority, bigotry, religious mania, the law of slander, and the probable effects of direct action in opposition to Government sanction achieved a wide circulation.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
clear, strong, and sharply focused -- especially of criticism