adverbdobhriathar1scream, cry etcgo coscrachcmugo géarcmude ghuth cráitehe gave a piercingly loud crylig sé scread choscrach2look, starego fiatacmushe looked at me piercinglyd'fhéach sí idir an dá shúil orm, d'amharc sí go fiata orm3intensely, poignantlythis novel is piercingly sadtá an t-úrscéal seo coscrach, tá an t-úrscéal seo creathnach, tá an t-úrscéal seo an-bhrónach ar fad4penetratingly, shrewdlyit's a piercingly accurate piece on Irish societyis alt an-ghéarchúiseach é ar shochaí na hÉireannadjectiveaidiacht5painfully (cold etc)the wind was piercingly coldbhí an ghaoth fuar feanntach