Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ear-piercingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: ear-pierc-ing-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

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

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From ear-piercing + -ly.

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does ear-piercingly mean?: In an ear-piercing manner; at an ear-piercing volume.
Where does ear-piercingly come from?: From ear-piercing + -ly.

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