ear-piercingly

English

Adverb

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

  1. In an ear-piercing manner; at an ear-piercing volume.
    • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 247:
      The Noisy Scrub-bird is aptly named because its main call of several sweet notes is ear-piercingly loud.
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