clinchinglyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

副詞

clinchingly (comparative more clinchingly, superlative most clinchingly)

1. in a clinching manner, in a manner which serves to clinch something
   • 1901, Thomas Hardy, “The Tree: An Old Man's Story,” in Poems of the Past and the Present, Stanza VI, p. 437,^[1]

     She waited, till with quickened breath

     She spoke, as one who banisheth

     Reserves that lovecraft heeds so well,

     To ease some mighty wish to tell:

     “’Twas I,” said she,

     “Who wrote thus clinchingly.

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193:

     “I wouldn't be at all surprised if he drank a lot,” said Lady Partridge, with a hint of solidarity. ¶ “And then, of course,” said Nick clinchingly, but with a sad loll of the head, “he jumped off a bridge into the Mississippi.”