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Recent Examples of grittily
Yirku’s first work is not another procedural memoir or grittily funny field account.
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Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
But whereas McGinley’s grittily intimate style had an erotic edge, Storch’s is tenderly attentive.
—Dawn Chan, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
But whereas McGinley’s grittily intimate style had an erotic edge, Storch’s is tenderly attentive.
—Dawn Chan, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grittily
Adverb
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The year is 1961, and the jazz legend (played flawlessly by Norway’s Anders Danielsen Lie) is firmly in the grip of a raging heroin addiction, having acquired a taste for the destructive street drug made inexplicably romantic in postwar boho circles.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Rooted firmly in rock, her sound reflects inspiration from No Doubt and The Rolling Stones while maintaining a style that is distinctly her own.—
Kristen Wisneski,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2026
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Carreras scored the crucial opening goal, determinedly driving into the box and finishing in an individual flourish that unlocked the match in the 65th minute.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Miya’s landlord was able to remediate the restaurant’s building and Tewasart determinedly reopened in May, when at first there were few customers around to serve.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Death would come, as resolutely and unobjectionably as anything that happens in a dream.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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Somehow, this insular, resolutely regional album ended up yet another peak in his storied career.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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Shiffrin fed the machine unintentionally, talking boldly about eyeing five golds at the next Olympics in PyeongChang.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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One thing the Black Joy Parade has always been is proud to be boldly Black.—
Lisa Hix,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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With a biting script by Tina Fey, the film fearlessly explores the dark side of the early aughts adolescent social scene.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Feb. 2026
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Her kids could ride fearlessly through the halls on training wheels, and guests could dance heartily at parties.—
Keith Flanagan,
Architectural Digest,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Tracy spent every moment of retirement courageously battling the devastating effects of CTE.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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HIs wife, Sia Thao, organized the family’s escape from their village, keeping her sisters-in-law and the children together and courageously handling being questioned by police who were looking for her husband.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
18 Jan. 2026
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Year by year, under the influence of a movement sometimes known as Free Vermont, the stalwartly Republican state, which had voted for Richard Nixon by a wide margin in 1960, tilted further to the left.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Liam blurted to the young Italian, who gamely played along.—
Sarah Hepola,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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When Bonilla, Heller, and their stars Rob Lowe, Gillian Jacobs, and Will Brill visited the IndieWire Studio, presented by Dropbox, the day of their Sundance premiere, the group gamely tried to hype their new film without spilling its craziest secret.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Grittily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grittily. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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