Hypertext Webster Gateway: "piercingly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Piercing \Pier"cing\, a.
Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point;
perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively;
as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. ``Piercing eloquence.''
--Shak. -- {Pier"cing*ly}, adv. -- {Pier"cing*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
piercingly
adv 1: extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold"
[syn: {bitterly}, {bitingly}, {bitter}]
2: in a shrill voice; "she sang rather shrilly" [syn: {shrilly}]
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