poignantly

adverb

poi·​gnant·​ly

: in a sharply felt or poignant manner : with poignancy

Strange words like these from pallid lips pierce a loving listener's heart more poignantly than steel.

—Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, 1849

… his dearest old dog … who had figured powerfully and poignantly in many of his writings.

—Robert F. Jones, Sports Illustrated, 31 Dec. 1990

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