piercingly

Adverb

Meaning

extremely and sharply

in a shrill voice

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bitingly bitter shrilly bitterly fully sharp sharply penetrating loudly cheaply acutely keenly blatantly cruelly poignantly
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Antonyms

easily gradually piano carefully continually quietly
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Related terms

ear-piercingly

Examples

bitter cold Source: Internet

it was bitterly cold Source: Internet

she sang rather shrilly Source: Internet

A piercingly insightful, deeply felt meditation on loyalty and betrayal, love and fear, is a tour de force of profound humanity. Source: Internet

Chris started to scream the chorus piercingly high, the way Hiro had shown him, but something funny happened. Source: Internet

That is, while he has set the tale in a childhood that is sprinkled with elements from his own 1950s youth it is so piercingly authentic that I am certain that it will resonate with many looking back regardless of when they were a child. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

piercing tone piercing tongue piercing voice piercingness Piercy piered