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piercingly

1. adverb scream, cry etc2. adverb look, stare3. adverb intensely, poignantly4. adverb penetratingly, shrewdly5. adjective painfully (cold etc) 1 adverb scream, cry etcgo coscrach  c m ugo géar  c m ude ghuth cráitehe gave a piercingly loud cry lig sé scread choscrach 2 adverb look, starego fiata  c m ushe looked at me piercingly d'fhéach sí idir an dá shúil orm, d'amharc sí go fiata orm 3 adverb intensely, poignantlythis novel is piercingly sad tá an t-úrscéal seo coscrach, tá an t-úrscéal seo creathnach, tá an t-úrscéal seo an-bhrónach ar fad 4 adverb penetratingly, shrewdlyit's a piercingly accurate piece on Irish society is alt an-ghéarchúiseach é ar shochaí na hÉireann 5 adjective painfully (cold etc)the wind was piercingly cold bhí an ghaoth fuar feanntach

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