Similar words: staunch, staunchness, launch, paunch, haunch, punch line, paunchy, raunchy. Meaning: adv. in a staunch manner.
31. Should that strike us as romantic reassurance, staunchly insisting that love is all around, or as a sly debasing of the currency, hinting that the simple meeting of mouths is no big deal?
More similar words: staunch, staunchness, launch, paunch, haunch, punch line, paunchy, raunchy, launching, launching pad, taunt, richly, archly, taunting, quenchless, french leave, restaurant, restaurateur, munch, lunch, bunch, punch, hunch, crunch, brunch, bunched, unchaste, scrunch, crunchy, hunched.