Astringently

When I look out of the window I see an astringently cold, bleak January day. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He's not overtly or astringently political, as so many talk hosts today are. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sutherland chaired the 2005 Man Booker Prize committee and in his new book comments astringently on literary awards, including the Nobel Prize www.nobelprize.org. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ah, at last, a decently priced New Zealand sauvignon blanc that's not astringently dry and has some body to it, and not made "interesting" by the addition of a lot of grassy flavors. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Their flesh fries as astringently as that of any Vssey. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (2004)

My own Mercedes, milk-coffee-coloured, stood beyond: and what, I thought astringently, was it saying about me! ❋ Francis, Dick (1995)

For God's sake, I told myself astringently, take a grip on things. ❋ Francis, Dick (1993)

I answered my own question astringently: I'd written a novel, what did it matter if it won or lost on its own terms? ❋ Francis, Dick (1990)

ElspettTs recovery was rapid-which, as she remarked somewhat astringently, was fortunate for the sanity of those who could not imagine how the impossible rescue had been accomplished. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1988)

It was one of those mornings that draw people back to L.A. despite the craziness, the air ocean-washed and astringently cool under a deep blue sky. ❋ Jonathan Kellerman (1987)

My throat had constricted and the cool liquid was astringently soothing. ❋ Jonathan Kellerman (1985)