| 释义 |
piercingly, adv.|ˈpɪəsɪŋlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a piercing manner or degree; penetratingly, keenly (lit. and fig.).
c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) v, An olde boore..smyteth gret strokes but not so persynglich as a yonge boore. 1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 96 [They] sing sweetly, glance piercingly, play on Lutes rauishingly. 1781H. Downmam tr. Voltaire's Dram. Wks. I. 81 Doubt is a torment piercingly severe. 1834Pringle Afr. Sk. ix. 309 A piercingly cold night. |