Piercingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a piercing manner.
Adverb
  1. 1
    in a shrill voice wordnet
  2. 2
    extremely and sharply wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
bitinglybitinglybitterbitterlykeenlysharply

Example

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"It was piercingly cold outside."

Etymology

From piercing + -ly.

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