piercingly
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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 *pertūsiāre, from Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundere, to bore through : per-, per- + tundere, to beat.]
pierc′er n.
pierc′ing adj.
pierc′ing·ly adv.
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2. | piercingly - in a shrill voice; "she sang rather shrilly" |
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Translations
بِصورَةٍ ثاقِبَه أو مُخْتَرِقَه
pronikavě
gennemtrængende
metszőnszúrón
á stingandi hátt
delerek
piercingly
[ˈpɪəsɪŋlɪ] ADV [stare] → de modo penetrante; [blow] → de modo cortanteit was piercingly cold → el frío se te metía hasta los huesos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
piercingly
adv
scream, look at → durchdringend
(liter: = painfully) → scharf, schneidend
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
pierce
(piəs) verb1. (of pointed objects) to go into or through (something). The arrow pierced his arm; A sudden light pierced the darkness.
2. to make a hole in or through (something) with a pointed object. Pierce the lid before removing it from the jar.
ˈpiercing adjective1. loud; shrill. a piercing scream.
2. (of cold weather, winds etc) sharp; intense. a piercing wind; piercing cold.
3. looking intently or sharply as though able to see through things. piercing eyes; a piercing glance.
ˈpiercingly adverbˈpiercingness noun
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