jarringly

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adverb

In a jarring manner.

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Meanings

adverbjarringly (comparative more jarringly, superlative most jarringly)

comparative more jarringly · superlative most jarringly

  1. In a jarring manner.

    But Mr. Kleinzahler, 55, noted both for poems that jarringly marry the high and the low and for keeping his distance from the New York illuminati, has found himself late in his career in a rather awkward spot: the cusp of respectability in the cliquish world of poetry.

    2005 February 8, Timothy Williams, “In Addition to His Pugnacity and Charm, He Can Write Poetry”, in The New York Times

Origin

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APA

jarringly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jarringly

MLA

“jarringly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jarringly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jarringly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jarringly.

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