penetratingly

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Throughout the book, Amis penetratingly relates the horrors of late middle age, less genteelly known as the beginning of the end.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2020

In this version of a graphic score arranged by Chiara Giovando, penetratingly intense bowing came across as Bartok excellently disassembled.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2015

Thomas’s re-creation of the participants is based on historical accounts, but it’s her penetratingly imaginative insight that creates the sense of reality in these most bizarre circumstances.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2015

Analyst Bruce Schneier has written penetratingly of worst-case thinking.

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2011

Elinor looked at him so penetratingly that Meggie wouldn't have been surprised to see a hole suddenly appear in his forehead.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke