piercingly
piercingly · more piercingly · most piercingly
In a piercing mannerIn a piercing manner.
» It was piercingly cold outside.
Draußen herrschte eine durchdringende Kälte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
На улице стоял пронизывающий холод. — odexed
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1 sensesIn a piercing manner.
More definitions
- extremely and sharply
- in a shrill voice
Examples
1 sentencesIt was piercingly cold outside.
ruНа улице стоял пронизывающий холод. — odexed
deDraußen herrschte eine durchdringende Kälte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Forms
more piercingly, most piercingly| Comparative | more piercingly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most piercingly |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.