piquant
adjective
agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart.
piquantly
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a word derived from
piquant.
Example Sentences
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Rather, taking literary license with the title character’s documented history, Palmer spins a cracking tale that, despite its disconcerting subject, is piquantly cheerful and compassionate.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2019
The effect is both piquantly engaging and dishearteningly synthetic, like a well-turned sound effect—one simulating the thud of a screenplay dropped on a desk.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 8, 2019
You see it time and time again in the splendid film and television adaptations of her piquantly civilized novels.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2016
When asked about his influences, Albee once piquantly paired Sophocles and Noël Coward, and his work can be seen as a unique blend of tragic vision and hyper-articulate wit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2016
Egomet, an imp, most piquantly personified by Mr. John Barrow, opened the affair in a moralising strain prophetically applicable to the moment.
From A Walk from London to Fulham by F. W. (Frederick William) Fairholt
