Ear-piercingly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an ear-piercing manner; at an ear-piercing volume.

    "The Noisy Scrub-bird is aptly named because its main call of several sweet notes is ear-piercingly loud."

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"The Noisy Scrub-bird is aptly named because its main call of several sweet notes is ear-piercingly loud."

Etymology

From ear-piercing + -ly.

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