piercingly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English pierce

English -ing

English piercing

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English piercingly

From piercing + -ly.

Adverb

piercingly (comparative more piercingly, superlative most piercingly)

1. In a piercing manner.

Related terms

• ear-piercingly

Translations

in a piercing manner

• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: διαπρύσιον (diaprúsion)