0 the state or fact of expressing criticism or opinions in a forceful, clear way: --
He gives a wonderful freshness and trenchancy to his production of Macbeth.
She had a reputation for cool trenchancy.
He was a writer of distinction and a speaker of passionate eloquence, trenchancy and wit, but mixed with it was a puckishness which enchanted everyone and disarmed his opponents.
In a way the trenchancy of the language is in inverse ratio to the rapidity with which the decisions were reached.
I did not quite anticipate the trenchancy of those contributions, nor the wonderful vision of the tug-of-war contest that was evoked.
He spoke with the trenchancy that we have come to expect.
He has expressed his views with characteristic trenchancy and, as he put it, unashamedly.
She describes the writer's work with real economy and trenchancy.
He set out his own views, with trademark trenchancy, in an early editorial.
He speaks with the trenchancy, individuality, and self-confidence of a member of the working class.