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piercingly

adv

Etymology

From piercing + -ly.

  1. derived from pertūsus
  2. derived from *pertūsiō✻
  3. derived from percier
  4. inherited from perce
  5. suffixed as piercing — “pierce + ing”
  6. suffixed as piercingly — “piercing + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a piercing manner.

The neighborhood

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