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piercingly

piercingly adverb: in a piercing manner.

Adverb

piercingly (comparative more piercingly, superlative most piercingly)

  1. In a piercing manner.

Forms of piercingly

comparativemore piercingly
superlativemost piercingly

Origin of piercingly

From piercing + -ly.

Questions about piercingly

What does piercingly mean?
Piercingly means in a piercing manner.
What part of speech is piercingly?
Piercingly is an adverb.

Words near piercingly in the dictionary

  1. Piercey
  2. Pierceys
  3. piercing
  4. piercing gun
  5. piercing guns
  6. piercingly
  7. piercingness
  8. piercings
  9. Piercy
  10. Piercys
  11. piered

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