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Adverb: piercingly  pir-sing-lee
  1. Extremely and sharply
    "it was piercingly cold"
    - bitterly, bitingly, bitter
     
  2. In a shrill voice
    "she sang rather piercingly"
    - shrilly

See also: piercing