piercingly
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6.9
- adverb
- /ˈpɪr.sɪŋ.li/
- Although the rain had stopped, the sky was still dark and it was piercingly cold.
- piercingly blue eyes
- piercingly blue
- piercingly sweet
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Watch on YouTubeBut the opposite fact, love is piercingly insightful.
- But the opposite fact, love is piercingly insightful.
- Maybe you are maybe like be really, really piercingly honest with yourself.
Examples
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Casilda screamed, a high, piercingly pure sound that reminded Larissa of her friend's singing.
Fiction book (1992) -
But I find them to be remarkably honest, as well as reasonably, sometimes piercingly, accurate.
Academic text (2016) -
Like his father, she had words at her command, piercingly direct words, and the more she spoke, the worse he felt.
Fiction book (1991) -
More snow was falling, and the air was piercingly cold.
Fiction book (2000) -
The Arctic night was brutally cold, the stars piercingly bright.
Fiction book (1996) -
In fact, I never read a word by him on literature that wasn't piercingly perceptive.
Blog text (26) -
In the aftermath of the storm, the sky was piercingly blue, and a bracing wind stung his cheeks.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the quiet night, the whistle of the train sounded piercingly, cutting through the silence.
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The artist's performance was so piercingly powerful that it left the audience in complete awe.
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She gazed piercingly at the painting, trying to uncover the emotions hidden within the colors.
Synonyms
595
1.0
In a very forceful or certain way
87
3.1
In a very strong or focused way
38
7.4
To speak or act with strong feeling and force
26
4.1
Acts in a way that shows strong interest or feeling
19
5.5
Very strongly felt or noticed
3
6.6
With a high, sharp sound that hurts your ears
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7.1
In a sharp, slightly angry way that can hurt people's feelings
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8.2
In a way that shocks and feels out of place
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7.2
In a way that feels very painful or shocking
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7.4
In a very sharp and hurtful way, often about cold or criticism
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8.0
In a way that shows deep understanding and finds hidden meaning
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9.9
In a harsh, angry way that shows someone is not happy
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7.8
In a harsh, irritating way that annoys people
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6.9
In a strong, direct way that clearly criticizes
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7.6
In a way that causes a sharp, burning pain
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8.1
In a sharp, harsh way that shows strong criticism
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Piercingly comes from the verb pierce, which means 'to make a hole' or 'to go through'. So when something is described piercingly, like a sound, a look, or a cold wind, it feels like a sharp point that 'goes through' you, meaning it is very sharp, strong, and often uncomfortable.