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Definition of Piercingly
1. Adverb. Extremely and sharply. "Bitter cold"
2. Adverb. In a shrill voice. "She sang rather shrilly"
Definition of Piercingly
1. Adverb. In a piercing manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piercingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piercingly
Literary usage of Piercingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M. by John Wesley (1840)
"It was piercingly cold, so that I could scarce feel whether I had any hands or
feet, when I came to Blewbury. After speaking severally to the members of the ..."
2. The Life, Times, and Correspondence of the Right Rev. Dr. Doyle, Bishop of by William John Fitzpatrick (1861)
"... wildly starting from their sockets—seemed as though she wished to speak, but
could not— then uttered a piercingly doleful cry, and writhing for some ..."
3. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop, Julian Hawthorne (1883)
"I was glad when we left the Museum, which, by the by, was piercingly chill, as
if the multitude of statues radiated cold out of their marble substance. ..."
4. Walks in Oxford: Comprising an Original, Historical, and Descriptive Account by W. M. Wade (1818)
"<f -deed, appear piercingly beautiful in the blended " grace and misery described
in the figure of " Mary. An attitude so swelling and energetic, ..."
5. Eleanor: A Novel by Humphry Ward (1900)
"piercingly white the holy and famous place shines among the olives and the fallows;
the sun burns upon the marble; Phoebus salutes his great sister. ..."
6. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1899)
"I was glad when we left the Museum, which, by the by, was piercingly chill, as
if the multitude of statues radiated cold out of their marble substance. ..."
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