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Meanings of piercingly in English

Spanish
de manera chillona

In a shrill voice.

de manera chillona

Extremely and sharply.

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Examples for "shrilly"
Examples for "shrilly"
1
The wood-pigeons were cooing, the young rooks cawing shrilly in the rookery.
The Daughters of Danaus
2
The winds whistle more shrilly in the stillness of that lonely hour.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19,...
3
She laughed shrilly and the two men joined in with low guffaws.
That Printer of Udell's: A Story of the Middle West
4
It was Buttons's turn to scream, shrilly for the pain was great.
The adventures of button
5
It was the same tune, curious, syncopated and piercing the night shrilly.
The Shades of the Wilderness: A Story of Lee's Great Stand
Usage of piercingly in English
1
The air was cold; it blew at moments piercingly from the river.
Thyrza
2
The night was piercingly cold, the bed merely a board of wood.
Eyeless in Gaza
3
Though the breeze was moderate this morning the air was piercingly keen.
The Journey to the Polar Sea
4
It was almost too warm, although the weather outside was piercingly cold.
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
5
Ted looked piercingly at his friend, but Richard's face was perfectly grave.
The Twenty-Fourth of June: Midsummer's Day
6
And, as they stood about her, she gazed piercingly at their heads.
The Freelands
7
Julian paused on those words, and tried piercingly to read my thoughts.
Everyman's Land
8
A canary, whose cage hung on a shutter, was trilling away piercingly.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
9
Never had Nature's material loveliness been more vividly, piercingly present to him.
The Divine Fire
10
The wind blew in gusts from the Sant highlands and was piercingly cold.
A Voyage to Arcturus
11
He looked at her piercingly, but did not ask her how.
The Scar
12
And Colin heard his own name spoken in accents piercingly clear and sweet.
Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
13
A light, piercingly bright, formed a blazing sun in his field of vision.
Bundori
14
He shaded his eyes with his hand and looked piercingly into the shadows.
The Adventures of Akbar
15
It was a completely shocking sight, piercingly vivid against the clean blue sky.
Radio NZ
16
Gale thrilled as he gazed piercingly into the wonderful eyes of this Indian.
Desert Gold
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Piercingly through the time
Piercingly across language varieties
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