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

“The ANC denied issues of identity,” Xolela Mangcu, a sociologist who has written penetratingly on the new student protests, told me.

From The Guardian • Nov. 18, 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

And along the way, Morris Robinson's Joe brings a penetratingly deep operatic bass to "Ol' Man River."

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2014

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