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shrilly

adv
/ˈʃɹɪli/

Etymology

From shrill + -ly.

  1. inherited from sċill — “sonorous sounding”
  2. inherited from schrille
  3. formed as shrilly — “shrill + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a shrill manner.

    • [T]he thwarted Hawk circled above, calling shrilly.

  2. Somewhat shrill.

    • The night—its silence—its rest, was rent in twain by a savage, a sharp, a shrilly sound that ran from end to end of Thornfield Hall.
    • Yet there they sat, as stones, silent and still. / Sudden a voice, a feeble shrilly voice, / Rose from the inner tent […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA