ear-piercingly

adverb

In an ear-piercing manner; at an ear-piercing volume.

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Meanings

adverbear-piercingly (comparative more ear-piercingly, superlative most ear-piercingly)

comparative more ear-piercingly · superlative most ear-piercingly

  1. In an ear-piercing manner; at an ear-piercing volume.

    The Noisy Scrub-bird is aptly named because its main call of several sweet notes is ear-piercingly loud.

    2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 247

Origin

From ear-piercing + -ly.

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APA

ear-piercingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ear-piercingly

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“ear-piercingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ear-piercingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ear-piercingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ear-piercingly.

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