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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Piercing  \Pier"cing\,  a. 
  Forcibly  entering,  or  adapted  to  enter  at  or  by  a  point; 
  perforating;  penetrating;  keen;  --  used  also  figuratively; 
  as  a  piercing  instrument,  or  thrust.  ``Piercing  eloquence.'' 
  --Shak.  --  {Pier"cing*ly},  adv  --  {Pier"cing*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  piercingly 
  adv  1:  extremely  and  sharply;  "it  was  bitterly  cold";  "bitter  cold" 
  [syn:  {bitterly},  {bitingly},  {bitter}] 
  2:  in  a  shrill  voice;  "she  sang  rather  shrilly"  [syn:  {shrilly}]




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