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

Didion writes coolly, penetratingly and self-revealingly about losing her husband and the mysterious illness of her only daughter.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2016

It is the penetratingly spiritual Estonian composer’s portrait of the City of Angels, with emphasis exclusively on heavenly beings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2016

This distance enables both Elenas to write about the theme of “dissolving margins” in a way that is never overwrought, but instead penetratingly precise—revealing a problem that is metaphysical rather than sentimental.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2015

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