切々

せつせつ【切々】

●切々たる愛の手紙 an ardent love letter

・被害者が窮状を世間に切々と訴えた. The victims appealed to the world earnestly [desperately] to be saved from their plight.

・切々と歌う 〔気持ちを込めて〕 sing with emotion [deep pathos]; 〔人の心を打つように〕 sing appealingly.