piercingly

Pierce (pîrs), Franklin 1804-1869.

The 14th President of the United States (1853-1857). He was unable to reconcile the issue of slavery that divided the United States.

pierce (pîrs)

v. pierced, pierc·ing, pierc·es

v.tr.

1. To cut or pass through with or as if with a sharp instrument; stab or penetrate.

2. To make a hole or opening in; perforate.

3. To make a way through: The path pierced the wilderness.

4. To sound sharply through: His shout pierced the din.

5. To succeed in penetrating (something) with the eyes or the intellect: Large glowing yellow eyes pierced the darkness.

v.intr.

To penetrate into or through something: The rocket pierced through space.

[Middle English percen, from Old French percer, probably from Vulgar Latin *pertsire, from Latin pertsus, past participle of pertundere, to bore through : per-, per- + tundere, to beat.]

piercer n.

piercing adj.

piercing·ly adv.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Adv.	1.	piercingly - extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold" bitingly, bitter, bitterly
	2.	piercingly - in a shrill voice; "she sang rather shrilly" shrilly

Translations

piercingly [ˈpɪəsɪŋlɪ] ADV [stare] → de modo penetrante; [blow] → de modo cortante
it was piercingly cold → el frío se te metía hasta los huesos

piercingly

adv

scream, look at → durchdringend

(liter: = painfully) → scharf, schneidend

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As he rides in his chariot, he shines upon men and deathless gods, and piercingly he gazes with his eyes from his golden helmet.

Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context

"Son Adam, and daughter Martha," said the venerable Father Ephraim, fixing his aged eyes piercingly upon them, "if ye can conscientiously undertake this charge, speak, that the brethren may not doubt of your fitness.

From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

“The next thing, I trust, will be to learn to drive,” said the Judge, who bad busied himself in throwing the buck, together with several other articles of baggage, from his own sleigh into the snow; “here are seats for you all, gentlemen; the evening grows piercingly cold, and the hour approaches for the service of Mr.

The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

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